tomos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”). Doublet of tome.

tomos (plural tomoi)

1. (Orthodox Christianity) An ecclesiastical document, usually promulgated by a synod which communicates or announces important information.
   • 2018 August 22, “Filaret announces possible terms for Ukraine Orthodox Church to become autocephalous”, in Ukrainian Independent Information Agency‎:

     According to the Patriarch, once UOC is granted the tomos, all bishops of the Kyiv Patriarchate, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church, and the Moscow Patriarchate, who addressed the Ecumenical Patriarch with a request for autocephaly, should gather for the Unification Council, TV Channel 5 reports.

• MOTOS, Smoot, Tooms, moots, motos, smoot, stoom, tooms

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈto.moːs/, [ˈtɔ.moːs]

tomōs

1. accusative plural of tomus

• tomos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

• IPA^(key): /ˈto.mos/

tomos m pl

1. plural of tomo