Church Slavonic

proper noun

A liturgical language of various Slavic church traditions, with dialectal basis of Old Church Slavonic mixed with vernacular lexical and phonological developments.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative CS · alternative CS.

  1. A liturgical language of various Slavic church traditions, with dialectal basis of Old Church Slavonic mixed with vernacular lexical and phonological developments.

    Synonyms: Church Slavic

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA liturgical language of various Slavic church traditions, with dialectal basis of Old Church Slavonic mixed with vernacular lexical and phonological developments.

Translations

Bulgarian църковнославя́нски
  • църковнославя́нски (cărkovnoslavjánski)liturgical language
Finnish kirkkoslaavi
  • kirkkoslaaviliturgical language
Polish język cerkiewno-słowiański
  • język cerkiewno-słowiańskiliturgical language
Portuguese eslavo eclesiástico
  • eslavo eclesiásticoliturgical language
Russian церковнославя́нский
  • церковнославя́нский (cerkovnoslavjánskij)liturgical language
Slovak cirkevná slovančina
  • cirkevná slovančinaliturgical language
Ukrainian церковнослов'я́нська
  • церковнослов'я́нська (cerkovnoslovʺjánsʹka)liturgical language
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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