hagia

[ hey-jee-uh ]

plural noun

, Eastern Church.

1. the Eucharistic elements before or after the consecration.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hagia¹

< Late Greek, noun use of neuter plural of Greek hágios holy

Example Sentences

Like Istanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia, the Chora had operated as a museum for decades before it was converted into a mosque.

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In 2020, Erdogan joined hundreds of worshipers for the first Muslim prayers in Hagia Sophia in 86 years, brushing aside international criticism and calls for the monument to be kept as a museum.

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The cathedral was built to rival the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

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In 2020, Erdogan converted the former Byzantine-era church Hagia Sophia — which was turned into a mosque with the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul — back into a functioning mosque.

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The country went on to impose bans on headscarves in schools and public institutions, brought restrictions on religious education, adopted liberal policies on alcohol, and even converted the main Ottoman imperial mosque, the Hagia Sofia, into a museum.

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