kathisma

kathisma
Gk. /kah"theez mah/; Eng. /ka thiz"meuh/, n., pl. kathismata Gk. /kah theez"mah tah/; Eng. /ka thiz"meuh teuh/.
one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.
Also, cathisma.
[ < MGk, Gk káthisma seat, equiv. to kathís(is) a sitting (equiv. to kathid-, s. of kathízein to sit down (itself equiv. to kat- KAT- + hízein to set, sit; see SIT) + -sis -SIS, with -ds- > -s-) + -ma agent suffix]

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