Mar

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Mar is an honorific ecclesiastical title used for bishops and saints in several Eastern Christian traditions, particularly within Syriac Christianity.

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Label Occurrences
Mar canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical title
honorific
appliesTo departed saints
living bishops
associatedWithRite East Syriac Rite
linked to: East Syriac rite

West Syriac Rite
contrastedWith Latin title "Saint"
denotes episcopal rank
reverence
sanctity
etymologicallyRelatedTo Aramaic word for "lord"
hasFeminineForm Mart
hasGenderForm masculine
hasLanguageContext Syriac
regionOfUse India
Middle East
religiousTradition Christianity
scriptTradition often written in Syriac script
titlePosition prefixed to personal name
usedByChurch Chaldean Catholic Church
Church of the East
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Syriac Catholic Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
usedFor bishops
saints
some revered clergy other than bishops
usedIn Eastern Christianity
Syriac Christianity
linked to: Syriac Churches

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