Slavonic
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- noun
- /sləˈvɑːnɪk/
- Specialized
:
eslavo
- The priest began to chant in Slavonic, the words indistinct and rumbling, swinging the censer in an arc.
- Old Slavonic
- Church Slavonic
So as Slavic speakers, they generated A Slavic language which we now call Old Church Slavonic.
- So as Slavic speakers, they generated A Slavic language which we now call Old Church Slavonic.
- And this is crucial, the the language of the liturgy gets changed from old from Greek to old Church Slavonic.
Examples
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His Old Church Slavonic, recited at a rapid clip, had the explicit inflections of the streets that sidle away from the Nevsky Prospekt.
Fiction book (1997) -
Despite near-constant rainfall and temperatures in the low 60s last August, the Wolin-Jomsborg-Vineta Slavonic and Viking Festival stayed true to its reputation as perhaps the world's largest gathering devoted to re-creating life in the early Middle Ages.
Academic text (2007) -
The Russian and other Slavic churches use Slavonic.
Blog text (19) -
Playful nationalism certainly factors into the festival's appeal, down to the "Slavonic" in the name "Slavonic and Viking Festival.
Academic text (2007) -
Until the 20th century, the Eastern Orthodox churches and their Catholic counterparts celebrated mostly in languages like Church Slavonic and Medieval Greek, which were most decidedly not intelligible to the majority of those attending.
Blog text (10) -
In the Eastern Church, liturgy is celebrated in a variety of vernacular languages such as Greek, Arabic, and Syriac, as well as in "sacred languages" such as Old Church Slavonic and Coptic.
Blog text (10) -
The Eastern Orthodox church services are often conducted in Slavonic, a language not widely understood by the congregation.
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Church Slavonic is still used in various liturgical practices within some Slavic communities.
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Many historical texts were written in Slavonic, showcasing the language's significance in Eastern European culture.
Synonyms
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A language that is part of the group including Russian, Polish, and Czech
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A group of related languages spoken in Eastern Europe like Russian or Polish
A group of related languages spoken in Eastern Europe and parts of Asia, including Russian, Polish and Czech
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of related languages including Slavic languages like Russian and Baltic languages like Lithuanian
- Literature
An early Slavic language used in the ninth century to translate the Bible and other church texts
- Specialized
A group of related languages spoken in Eastern Europe and parts of Asia, including Russian, Polish and Czech
Surface Forms
Morphology
Slavonic = Slav (transparent) = Slav + onic
The adjective is directly formed from the ethnonym 'Slav' with a standard adjectival suffix, so the relation to Slavic languages is clear.
Etymology
Slavonic comes from the name Slav, the people of Eastern Europe, and one helpful idea links Slav to slovo meaning 'word', so it meant people who 'speak the same language'. So, Slavonic is the family of languages spoken by those people, like Russian and Polish.