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Ruthenian, n. and a.|ruːˈθiːnɪən|
[See prec.]
A. n.
1. A Ruthene; a member of the Ruthenian church.
1863Chambers's Encycl. V. 88/1 The union of the Galician Greeks or Ruthenians is of much later date. 1886Encycl. Brit. XX. 631/1 The Ruthenians attribute their conversion to Christianity to St. Methodius.
2. The language of the Ruthenes.
1862Latham Elem. Compar. Philol. 627 With the exception..of the Malo-Russian, Ruthenian, Russinian, Rusniak, or Little Russian,..none of the dialects of Russia have commanded much attention. 1902Merriman Vultures xxiv, Galician, Ruthenian, Polish,..would be required.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Ruthenes, their liturgy, language, etc.
1850Proc. Philol. Soc. V. 27 The Ukraine..is the land of the Kosaks; they speak the Ruthenian dialect. 1885Catholic Dict. 803 There were in 1865 about 250,000 Catholics of the Ruthenian rite in Russian Poland. 1891M. M. Dowie Girl in Karp. 195 Throughout this book the Ruthenian spelling has been given when the word has been traced to be Ruthene. |