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Gender Masculine
Usage Greek, History (Ecclesiastical)
Meaning & History
Means "streaming with gold" in Greek, from Greek χρυσός (chrysos) "gold" and ῥοάς (rhoás) "stream", derived from ῥοή (rhoé) "river, stream" (Compare river Chrysorrhoas). This was the by-name of John of Damascus, an Arab Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist.