Σολέμνιον

solemnion

Translated by Ross Scaife ✝5 Oct 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

13 words

[Meaning] an inalienable gift from an emperor granted to the [sc. Christian] churches.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σολέμνιον· ἡ παρὰ βασιλέως ἀναφαίρετος δωρεὰ διδομένη ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις.

Betacode

*sole/mnion: h( para\ basile/ws a)nafai/retos dwrea\ didome/nh tai=s e)kklhsi/ais.

Thus for example the Emperor Constantine Monomachus (1042-1055) granted Vatopaidi a solemnion, that is, an annual allowance in cash from the imperial treasury.
Transliteration (used in the Novellae of Justinian) of the Latin sollemnium.

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