Oeconomus, œconomus or oikonomos (Greek

Greek language

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 , from oiko- 'house' and -nomos 'rule, law') was an Ancient Greek word meaning 'manager' or 'housekeeper'. In Byzantine

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 times the term was used as a title of a manager or treasurer of an organisation.

An example of oeconomus used to designate a "manager" is in Luke 12:42 "The Lord answered, 'Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?'"

The genitive form of the word, (Economou) is also a common surname in Modern Greek. In English, it has also been translated as Economos.

It is a title in the Roman Catholic Church.
In the 1983 Code of Canon Law, an oeconomus is the diocesan finance officer (c. 494).

People named Economou

• Aikaterini Oikonomou, birth name of Ketty Diridaoua
  Ketty Diridaoua
  Ketty Diridaoua was a Greek actress and a singer. She was the wife of Kostas Hadjihristos.She was born Aikaterini Oikonomou . The name Diridaoua was a pseudomyn that originates from a city in Eastern Africa. She died alone on February 9, 1996 at the age of 75.-Film:-External links:...
  
  , Greek actress
• Antonis Oikonomou
  Antonis Oikonomou
  Antonis Oikonomou was a Greek naval captain in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.- Life :Antonis was born in Hydra and became a sailor in a young age. Just before the start of the Greek War of Independence his ship sunk near Gibraltar...
  
  , naval captain in the Greek War of Independence
• George Economou
  George Economou
  George Economou is an American poet and translator.-Life:George Economou was born on September 24, 1934, in Great Falls, Montana, to Amelia Ananiadis Economou and Demetrios George Economou, a businessman and rancher, both of whom emigrated to the United States from Greece...
  
  , American poet
• George A. Economou, Sr., optical systems expert
• Michalis Oikonomou
  Michalis Oikonomou
  Michalis Oikonomou was a Greek impressionist painter. He was born in 1888 in Piraeus in the Attica prefecture and went to school there. His first art teacher was Konstantinos Volanakis...
  
  , also spelled Michael Economou, Greek impressionist painter
• Nick Economou
  Nick Economou
  Dr Nicholas Economou is an Australian political scientist. He is a regular commentator in the media on Australian politics, being published in a wide range of Australian and international newspapers...
  
  , Australian political scientist
• Nicolas Economou
  Nicolas Economou
  Nicolas Economou was a Cypriot composer and pianist born in Nicosia, Cyprus.A precociously gifted pianist, Economou came to international attention at the 1969 Tchaikovsky Competition when he was aged 16. After studying at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow he eventually moved via Düsseldorf...
  
  , Cypriot composer
• Thomas Oikonomou
  Thomas Oikonomou
  Thomas Oikonomou was a Greek actor and one of the first modern Greek directors.-Biography:Son of the writer Aristeidos Oikonomou, Oikonomou was born in Vienna, Austria in what was then a part of Austrian Empire in 1864 and studied and begun his career as an actor...
  
  , Greek actor