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The kyrios (in ancient Greek κύριος), during Greek Antiquity, was the guardian of a woman. Women lived under male domination. Their guardian, who was also in charge, was most often their father and then their husband. Widows and orphans could also have for kyrios their brother or their son.
This term, meaning "lord", will be used in other senses at other times in history. During the Byzantine Empire, it was an alternative term used by Heraclius, to designate the emperor in certain texts (see Institutions of the Byzantine Empire).
The word kyrios is also the origin of other terms, including the name Cyril or the Arabic word Khouria, a term sometimes used to refer to the priest's wife in the Orthodox Church.
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