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Church Slavic

noun

a liturgical language used in Eastern Orthodox churches in Slavic countries since the 11th or 12th century, representing a development of Old Church Slavonic through contact with the national Slavic languages.

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Origin of Church Slavic

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby Church Slavic

Church of the Brethren, church parade, church rate, church register, church school, Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, church suffering, church text, church triumphant, church visible
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