Church Slavism

A form of Church Slavonicism — A word recorded in the corpus of Old Church Slavonic or some of the later Church Slavonic recensions.

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Meanings

nounChurch Slavism (plural Church Slavisms)

plural Church Slavisms

  1. alternativerareAlternative form of Church Slavonicism.

    In liturgical, and then generally in the textually "inviolable" layer, Serbo-Slavonic Church Slavism became prevalent.

    1993, Irena Grickat-Radulović, “Serbian Medieval Literary Language”, in Radovan Samardžić, Milan Duškov, editors, Serbs in European Civilization, Nova, →ISBN, page 148

    Synonyms: Slavonicism, Church Slavonicism, Church Slavicism

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
church slavonicism

Origin

From Church Slavic + -ism.

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APA

Church Slavism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Church%20Slavism

MLA

“Church Slavism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Church%20Slavism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Church Slavism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Church%20Slavism.

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