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A Kathisma (Greek: κάθισμα; Slavonic: каѳисма, kafisma), literally, "seat", is a division of the Psalter, used by Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics who follow the Byzantine Rite. The word may also describe a hymn sung at Matins, a seat used in monastic churches, or a type of monastic establishment.
Usage examples of "kathisma".
The Emperor's appearance in the Hippodrome to drop the handkerchief at the outset of the Dykania Festival's racing had led not to cheering but to a steadily growing rumble of rage, and then men boiling out of the stands to stand below the kathisma shouting and gesticulating.
It was judged prudent that Valerius II and his Empress withdraw through the back of the kathisma at that point and return down the enclosed, elevated corridor to the Imperial Precinct.
Valerius would as soon have avoided the racing entirely, sending a stream of court dignitaries and visiting ambassadors to the kathisma in his stead.
The mosaic on the roof of the kathisma showed Saranios the Founder in a chariot behind four horses, a victor's wreath on his head, not a crown.
She was one of them in a way that no one else here in the kathisma was.
Depends on how intelligent they are in the kathisma, if they've barricaded it properly.
Sitting three rows behind her now in the kathisma, his face burning again with the memory, Plautus Bonosus recalled his Empress saying to him, in an intimate tone of arch, diverted curiosity, as if they were sharing a dining couch at a banquet for some ambassador, 'Do tell me, Senator, assuage my womanly curiosity.
That door was the only entrance to the kathisma, other than the open wall at the front.
Hypatius, leaning over the wall separating the kathisma from the Hippodrome.
Before following, Ajatasutra ordered the kshatriya still in the kathisma to join Balban.
That door was the only entrance to the kathisma, other than the open wall at the front.