Classical Armenian

American  

noun

1. the oldest form of the Armenian language according to written sources, in use from the 5th to the 18th century.

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Example Sentences

On a recent Sunday, priests, candle bearers and a bishop in embroidered vestments sung a hymn in classical Armenian as they filed into the Holy Mother of God Patriarchal Church, the main place of worship of Turkey’s Armenian Apostolic Church.

From The Wall Street Journal

The language in which they are written is the vulgar tongue of Armenia, but in several instances it attains a very close approximation to the classical Armenian.

From Project Gutenberg

It included references to his being able to speak French, as well as “Old English” “Classical Armenian” and “Old Persian.”

From New York Times

It remains to say that classical Armenian resembles rather the modern idiom of Van than of western Armenia.

From Project Gutenberg