Catholicon

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Catholicon may refer to one of the following:

  • Catholicon (building), the primary church in an Orthodox or Eastern Catholic monastery
  • Catholicon (religious dictionary), written in 1286 by Johannes Januensis de Balbis (Summa grammaticalis quae vocatur Catholicon)
  • Catholicon (Mor Yakub), part of the Holy Liturgy of Mor Yakub of the Syriac Orthodox Church
  • Catholicon (Breton dictionary), Breton-Latin-French dictionary written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc and printed in 1499
  • Catholicon (electuary), an alleged all-purpose cure used in pre-modern medicine
  • Catholicon (band), death metal band from Baton Rouge, LA
  • Catholicon is also another word for Panacea.
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