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Church Slavicism

Church Slavicism is the alternative form of Church Slavonicism.

Meaning of Church Slavonicism

Noun

Church Slavonicism (plural Church Slavonicisms)

  1. A word recorded in the corpus of Old Church Slavonic or some of the later Church Slavonic recensions.
  2. Denoting a word, phrase or linguistic structure borrowed from or formed under the influence of Old Church Slavonic or some later Church Slavonic recension.
    • Vitát is in fact expressly recognised as a Church Slavonicism by Preobraženskij, Šanskij and Machek.1935, Rocznik Slawistyczny - Revue slavistique [Slavic Yearbook], volume 45, number 1, G. Gebenther i Spółka, →ISSN, page 14

Synonyms of Church Slavicism

Forms of Church Slavicism

pluralChurch Slavicisms

Origin of Church Slavicism

From Church Slavic + -ism.

Questions about Church Slavicism

What is Church Slavicism the alternative form of?
Church Slavicism is the alternative form of Church Slavonicism.

Words near Church Slavicism in the dictionary

  1. church school
  2. church schools
  3. church service
  4. church services
  5. Church Slavic
  6. Church Slavicism
  7. Church Slavicisms
  8. Church Slavism
  9. Church Slavonic
  10. Church Slavonicism
  11. Church Slavonicisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Church Slavicism (page history and authors); Church Slavonicism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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