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prelest

prelest noun: spiritual delusion, deception, conceit.

Noun

prelest (uncountable)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) spiritual delusion, deception, conceit

Origin of prelest

Borrowed from Russian прелесть (prelestʹ), in turn from Old Church Slavonic прѣльсть (prělĭstĭ).

Questions about prelest

What does prelest mean?
Prelest means spiritual delusion, deception, conceit.
What part of speech is prelest?
Prelest is a noun.

Words near prelest in the dictionary

  1. preleptocephalus
  2. preleptotene
  3. preleptotenes
  4. prelesion
  5. prelesional
  6. prelest
  7. prelethal
  8. preleukaemia
  9. preleukaemic
  10. preleukemia
  11. preleukemic

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