[a. Gr. καθολικός: see CATHOLIC sb. 4.] The Patriarch of Armenia.
1625. Purchas, Pilgrims, II. 1269. The Armenians … hauing a Primate of their owne whom they calle a Catholicon.
1878. Stubbs, 17 Lect. Study of Hist. (1886), 159. The Armenian Catholicos … took refuge at Sis.
1883. Daily News, 20 July, 5/3. The Czar claims certain rights affecting the election of the Catholicos which the Armenians view with jealousy.
