Definitions for old church slavonic
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Old′ Church′ Slavon′ic(n.)
(or Slav′ic )
the oldest attested Slavic language, extant in a group of manuscripts written before c1100, largely scripture and liturgical translations that were the outcome of Cyril and Methodius's mission to the Moravian Slavs in 863.
Category: Peoples
Ref: Abbr.: OCS 2
Origin of Old Church Slavonic:
1875–80
Princeton's WordNet
Old Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavic, Church Slavic, Old Bulgarian(noun)
the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century
Wiktionary
Old Church Slavonic(ProperNoun)
The first literary and liturgical Slavic language.
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