Church Slavonic

Church Slavic

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noun

Old Church Slavonic, esp as preserved in the liturgical use of the Orthodox church

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Words nearby Church Slavonic

church parade, church rate, church register, church school, Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, church suffering, church text, church triumphant, church visible, churchward

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How to use Church Slavonic 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.
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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.
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The Indians should have a suitable church of their own, and Serrano recommends that the king provide one for them.
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