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Church Slavism

Church Slavism 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 Slavism

Forms of Church Slavism

pluralChurch Slavisms

Origin of Church Slavism

From Church Slavic + -ism.

Questions about Church Slavism

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

Words near Church Slavism in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Church Slavism (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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