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Definition of Slavonic language
1. Noun. A branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
Generic synonyms: Balto-slavic, Balto-slavic Language, Balto-slavonic
Specialized synonyms: Church Slavic, Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic, Old Church Slavonic, Russian, Belarusian, Byelorussian, White Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovak, Czech, Slovene, Serbo-croat, Serbo-croatian, Lusatian, Sorbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Derivative terms: Slavic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slavonic Language
Literary usage of Slavonic language
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"As the Latins endeavored to annihilate all the writings of the old ritual, and
the slavonic language was, in many cases, obliged to give way to the Latin, ..."
2. A Memorial of Andrew J. Shipman: His Life and Writings by Andrew Jackson Shipman (1916)
"These two brother saints always celebrated Mass and administered the sacraments
in the slavonic language. News of their successful missionary work among the ..."
3. The Conversion of Europe by Charles Henry Robinson (1917)
"... them said: " There is a man at Thessalonica called Leon, who has sons well
acquainted with the slavonic language and versed in science and philosophy. ..."
4. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1829)
"They are brave in war, tolerant in their religion, and strictly honest in the
ordinary transactions of life.} The slavonic language, analogous to the ..."
5. The Conversion of Europe by Charles Henry Robinson (1917)
"... them said : " There is a man at Thessalonica called Leon, who has sons well
acquainted with the slavonic language and versed in science and philosophy. ..."
6. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1829)
"They are brave in war, tolerant in their religion, and strictly honest in the
ordinary transactions of life.f The slavonic language, analogous to the ..."