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Glagolitic
[ glag-uh-lit-ik ]
adjective
- noting or written in an alphabet, probably invented by St. Cyril in about a.d. 865, formerly used in writing Old Church Slavonic and other Slavic languages: almost completely replaced by Cyrillic starting about the 10th century.
noun
- the Glagolitic alphabet.
Glagolitic
/ ˌɡlæɡəˈlɪtɪk /
adjective
- of, relating to, or denoting a Slavic alphabet whose invention is attributed to Saint Cyril, preserved only in certain Roman Catholic liturgical books found in Dalmatia
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Origin of Glagolitic1
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Origin of Glagolitic1
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Example Sentences
In the church of S. Lucia, some distance away, is the earliest Glagolitic inscription known.
The Glagolitic alphabet is similar, though not identical with that of St. Cyrillus.
The first printed Slavonic work was set in Glagolitic letters.
In our day, this city possesses the only Glagolitic printing office in existence.
The Glagolitic literature was therefore almost exclusively limited to copies of the productions of their Cyrillic brethren.
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