Home › Words › S › syncellussyncellussyncellus means one who holds an office in an Eastern Catholic or Orthodox Church roughly equivalent to that of an episcopal vicar in the Roman Catholic Church.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, syncellus ranks #9,162 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Latin syncellus, from Ancient Greek σύγκελλος (súnkellos).nounOne who holds an office in an Eastern Catholic or Orthodox Church roughly equivalent to that of an episcopal vicar in the Roman Catholic Church.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ecclesiarch 62% match — An official of the Eastern Church, equivalent to a sacristan in the Western Church. vs syncellus →synclite 56% match — A specially summoned council or assembly of elders in classical Greece. vs syncellus →cobishop 56% match — A joint or coadjutant bishop. vs syncellus →synodist 56% match — An adherent to, or member of, a synod. vs syncellus →ecclesial 55% match — Synonym of ecclesiastical. vs syncellus →synaxis 53% match — A congregation. vs syncellus →synaxarion 53% match — A compilation of hagiographies in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church. vs syncellus →sakkos 52% match — A richly decorated vestment worn by Orthodox bishops, instead of a priest's phelonion (chasuble in western church). vs syncellus →