- Lychnic
- Lychnic /likˈnik/nounThe first part of the vespers of the Greek Orthodox ChurchORIGIN: Gr lychnos a lamp• • •Lychnapˈsia noun(Gr haptein to touch or light) a series of seven prayers in the vespers of the Greek Orthodox Churchlychˈnoscope nounA low side window (named on the theory that it was intended to let lepers see the altar lights)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.