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Cy⋅ril⋅lic

  [si-ril-ik]
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–adjective
1. noting or pertaining to a script derived from Greek uncials and traditionally supposed to have been invented by St. Cyril, first used for the writing of Old Church Slavonic and adopted with minor modifications for the writing of Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and some non-Slavic languages of Central Asia.
2. of or pertaining to St. Cyril.
–noun
3. Cyrillic script.
Origin:
1835–45; < NL Cyrillicus, equiv. to Cyrill(us) Saint Cyril + -icus -ic
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Cy·ril·lic   (sə-rĭl'ĭk)   
adj.  Of or being any of the alphabets based on Glagolitic and used for certain Slavic languages, such as Russian.

[Invention incorrectly attributed to Saint Cyril.]
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Word Origin & History

Cyrillic 
1842, the Slavic alphabet, from St. Cyril, 9c. apostle of the Slavs, who supposedly invented it. It replaced earlier Glagolitic. The name Cyril is L.L. Cyrillus, from Gk. Kyrillos, lit. "lordly, masterful," related to kyrios "lord, master."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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