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Word of the Day - Theotokos
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Theotokos
/θɪˈɒtəkɒs/
noun
the Theotokos
Mother of God (used in the Eastern Orthodox Church as a title of the Virgin Mary)
Origin
From ecclesiastical Greek, from theos ‘god’ + -tokos ‘bringing forth’.
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Mary asked Joseph to just call her "Mary" in private. All that Theotokos stuff she had to endure at the market was embarrassing.
