Church Slavic

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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

How to use Church Slavic in a sentence

The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
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Church bells pealed from St. Catherine of Siena parish one block away.
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If they returned to their church, they would be spared a second attack.
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The church was not happy with his views, and there was talk of excommunication.
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In a 2009 interview, Church apostle Dallin H. Oaks held that the Church “does not have a position” on that point.
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Among the Perpendicular additions to the church last named may be noted a very beautiful oaken rood-screen.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4|Various
The east window in this church has been classed as the A1 of modern painted windows.
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He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.
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The cathedral is the only Spanish parochial church; it cares for two thousand four hundred souls.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
The Indians should have a suitable church of their own, and Serrano recommends that the king provide one for them.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various