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Definition of Caloyer
1. n. A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.
Definition of Caloyer
1. Noun. a reclusive monk of the Greek Orthodox Church ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caloyer
1. a monk of the Eastern Church [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caloyer
Literary usage of Caloyer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Modern Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans B.C. 146, to by James Emerson Tennent (1830)
"... what punishment, caloyer, do you imagine the vizir has prepared for you, since
you have thus foolishly entrusted yourself within his power? ..."
2. Visit to Constantinople and Athens by Walter Colton (1836)
"caloyer and his deathless Pish—The seven Towers—Imprisonment of Foreign
Ambassadors-—Arabian Story-teller—Habits of the Mussulman—Birds of the ..."
3. Turkey, Greece and Malta by Adolphus Slade (1837)
"... Co- lonna—Cape Saint Angelo—caloyer. ONE forenoon in May, 1830, six boats with
their ensigns and pennants displayed half-staff high, shoved off from an ..."
4. Land and Lee in the Bosphorus and Ægean: Or, Views of Constantinople and Athens by Walter Colton (1860)
"... FIERCE PASHA TREACHERY CONNECTED WITH HIS DEATH—caloyer AND HIS DEATHLESS
FISH—THE SEVEN TOWERS—IMPRISONMENT OF FOREIGN AMBASSADORS ARABIAN STORY-TELLER ..."
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