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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mar canonical 3

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Statements (31)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.