English Explanatory Dictionary

Glagolitic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or written with the Glagolitic alphabet.
  2. Denoting Slavic Roman Catholic rites in Dalmatia.
name
  1. The oldest known Slavonic alphabet, designed around 862–863 by Saint Cyril in order to translate the Bible and other texts into Old Church Slavonic. Mostly replaced by Cyrillic alphabet in Orthodox Christian Slavic countries, but still in use in the Croatian Church along the Dalmatian coast, in Czech and Croatian recensions of Church Slavic.

Pronunciation

/ˌɡlæɡəʊˈlɪtɪk/ /ˌɡlæɡəˈlɪtɪk/ En-us-Glagolitic.ogg

Word forms

Glagolitic Glagolithic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin glagoliticus, from Old Church Slavonic глаголица (glagolica), from глаголъ (glagolŭ, “word, speech”), Glagolitic spelling ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰻⱌⰰ (glagolica).

Synonyms

Hieronymian Illyrian Slovenish Bukvitsa Glagolitic alphabet Glagolitsa

Related words

Cyrillic
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