old church slavonic

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

   SynonymsOld Church SlavicChurch SlavicOld Bulgarian

   BroaderSlavic

Questions about old church slavonic

What does old church slavonic mean?

old church slavonic means "the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century".

What is another word for old church slavonic?

Close synonyms include Old Church Slavic, Church Slavic, Old Bulgarian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is old church slavonic a common word?

old church slavonic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.