logion

1. 1.

   a saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels

   Broadersaying

Other forms of logion

plural

logia

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about logion

What does logion mean?

logion means "a saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels".

How many syllables are in logion?

logion has 3 syllables: lo-gi-on. The stress falls on "lo".

Is logion a common word?

logion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.