Meaning of Church Slavonicism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A word recorded in the corpus of Old Church Slavonic or some of the later Church Slavonic recensions.
2. Denoting a word, phrase or linguistic structure borrowed from or formed under the influence of Old Church Slavonic or some later Church Slavonic recension.

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Examples

“Vitát is in fact expressly recognised as a Church Slavonicism by Preobraženskij, Šanskij and Machek.”

“Church Slavonicisms, whether genuine or neologistic, occupy a special layer in the lexicon of Modern Russian.”

“From a literary standpoint, it is less important that a particular word be a true Church Slavonicism; what is important is how it is colored in the given context.”

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