Old Church Slavonic

noun

1. the oldest attested Slavic language, an ecclesiastical language written first by Cyril and Methodius in a Bible translation of the 9th century and continued in use for about two centuries. It represents the South Slavic, Bulgarian dialect of 9th-century Salonika with considerable addition of other South and West Slavic elements. : OCS

Old Church Slavonic

noun

1. the oldest recorded Slavonic language: the form of Old Slavonic into which the Bible was translated in the ninth century, preserved as a liturgical language of various Orthodox Churches: belonging to the South Slavonic subbranch of languages

Word History and Origins

Origin of Old Church Slavonic¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

KIRILLITSA: The alphabet based principally on the Greek uncials that was originally used for writing Old Church Slavonic.

From Seattle Times

KIRILLITSA: The alphabet based principally on the Greek uncials that was originally used for writing Old Church Slavonic.

From Washington Times

Old Church Slavonic remained the liturgical language until the late sixteenth century, when it began to be replaced by Romanian.

From Project Gutenberg

The earliest known texts written in Romania are chronicles in Old Church Slavonic.

From Project Gutenberg