TOMOS

TOMOS. This term, derived from the Greek temno (“to cut”; cf. the Biblical Hebrew expression, “to cut a covenant” ), came to mean the equivalent of the English “decree,” or “definition.” Examples are the Tome of Leo (q.v.) and the “Tome of Mt. Athos,” (1349/50) by Gregory Palamas (q.v.) in defense of the hesychasts (q.v.).