Old Church Slavonic

proper noun

The first literary and liturgical Slavic language.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The first literary and liturgical Slavic language.

    Synonyms: Old Church Slavic, Old Bulgarian, Old Macedonian, Old Slavic, Old Slavonic

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe first literary and liturgical Slavic language.

Similar
Old Church SlavicOld BulgarianOld MacedonianOld SlavicOld Slavonic

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century

Similar
Old Church SlavicChurch SlavicOld BulgarianOld Bulgarian languageChurch Slavic languageOld Church Slavic languageOld Church Slavonic language
Broader
SlavicSlavic languageSlavonic
Also see
old bulgarianold church slavic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans Ou Kerkslawies
  • Ou Kerkslawiesthe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Arabic سْلَافُونِيَّة كَنِيسَة قَدِيمَة
  • سْلَافُونِيَّة كَنِيسَة قَدِيمَة (slāfūniyya kanīsa qadīma)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Bulgarian старобългарски, старобългарски език
  • старобългарски (starobălgarski)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
  • старобългарски език (starobălgarski ezik)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
  • староцърковнославянски (starocărkovnoslavjanski)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Catalan antic eslau, antic eslau eclesiàstic
  • antic eslauthe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
  • antic eslau eclesiàsticthe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
  • antic búlgarthe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
  • eslavònicthe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Chinese Mandarin 古教會斯拉夫語 /古教会斯拉夫语
  • 古教會斯拉夫語 /古教会斯拉夫语 (gǔ jiàohuì sīlāfūyǔ)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Czech staroslověnština
  • staroslověnštinathe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Dutch Oudkerkslavisch
  • Oudkerkslavischthe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Esperanto malnovslava lingvo
  • malnovslava lingvothe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Finnish muinaiskirkkoslaavi
  • muinaiskirkkoslaavithe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
French vieux-slave
  • vieux-slavethe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
German Altkirchenslawisch
  • Altkirchenslawischthe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Greek παλαιά εκκλησιαστική σλαβονική γλώσσα
  • παλαιά εκκλησιαστική σλαβονική γλώσσα (palaiá ekklisiastikí slavonikí glóssa)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Hebrew סלאבית כנסייתית עתיקה
  • סלאבית כנסייתית עתיקה (slavít k’nesiyatit ‘atika)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Hungarian óegyházi szláv
  • óegyházi szlávthe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Italian antico slavo ecclesiastico, paleoslavo
  • antico slavo ecclesiasticothe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
  • paleoslavothe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
  • slavo ecclesiastico anticothe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Japanese 古代教会スラヴ語
  • 古代教会スラヴ語 (kodai kyōkai suravu go)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Korean 고대교회슬라브어
  • 고대교회슬라브어 (godaegyohoeseullabeueo)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Lithuanian senoji bažnytinė slavų kalba
  • senoji bažnytinė slavų kalbathe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Persian اسلاوی کلیسایی باستان
  • اسلاوی کلیسایی باستانthe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Polish język staro-cerkiewno-słowiański
  • język staro-cerkiewno-słowiańskithe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Portuguese eslavo eclesiástico, antigo eslavo eclesiástico
  • eslavo eclesiásticothe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
  • antigo eslavo eclesiásticothe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Romanian (limba) slavă veche, slavona bisericească
  • (limba) slavă vechethe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
  • slavona bisericeascăthe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Russian старославя́нский язы́к, церковнославя́нский язы́к
  • старославя́нский язы́к (staroslavjánskij jazýk)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
  • церковнославя́нский язы́к (cerkovnoslavjánskij jazýk)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Slovak staroslovienčina
  • staroslovienčinathe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Spanish antiguo eslavo eclesiástico
  • antiguo eslavo eclesiásticothe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Swedish fornkyrkoslaviska
  • fornkyrkoslaviskathe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Turkish Eski Kilise Slavcası
  • Eski Kilise Slavcasıthe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Ukrainian старослов'я́нська, старослов'я́нська мо́ва
  • старослов'я́нська (staroslovʺjánsʹka)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
  • старослов'я́нська мо́ва (staroslovʺjánsʹka móva)the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Welsh Hen Slafoneg Eglwysig
  • Hen Slafoneg Eglwysigthe first literary and liturgical Slavic language
Cite this entry
APA

Old Church Slavonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Church%20Slavonic

MLA

“Old Church Slavonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Church%20Slavonic. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Old Church Slavonic,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Church%20Slavonic.

Source: Old Church Slavonic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.