Definition of "epigonation" []

• Part of the vestment worn by bishops and some priests in the Eastern Orthodox Church somewhat similar to a maniple (noun)

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• "A peculiar episcopal ornament is the _epigonation_."
• "He has the right to wear a pectoral cross, the epigonation in the celebration of Mass, and to sign the cross before his name after the manner of bishops."
• "In the Greek Rite the vestment that corresponds to the maniple is the epigonation."