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sobornost

sobornost noun: a unity of people in loving fellowship.

Noun

sobornost (uncountable)

  1. A unity of people in loving fellowship.
    • Some post-Soviet writers see sobornost’ as a – if not the – defining element in giving distinctiveness to Russian civilization.2004, James H Billington, Russia in Search of Itself, page 146
    • Sobornost signifies the essentially extrapersonal (supra-personal) and a-temporal nature of aesthetic consciousness.2007, Paul Haffner, Mystery of the Church, page 132

Forms of sobornost

alternative formsobornost'

Origin of sobornost

From Russian собо́рность (sobórnostʹ).

Questions about sobornost

What does sobornost mean?
Sobornost means a unity of people in loving fellowship.
What part of speech is sobornost?
Sobornost is a noun.

Words near sobornost in the dictionary

  1. Sobolewskis
  2. soboliferous
  3. sobols
  4. Sobon
  5. Sobons
  6. sobornost
  7. sobornost'
  8. Sobota
  9. Sobotas
  10. Sobotka
  11. Sobotkas

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