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‖ slava|ˈslɑːvə|
[Serbo-Croatian, lit. honour, renown.]
A festival of a family saint in Yugoslavia, a name-day.
1900‘Odysseus’ Turkey in Europe viii. 372 The Slava, or festival of the family saint. 1920Glasgow Herald 6 July 9 They told us of that country beyond, with its mountains and rivers, its peasant homes, its Slavas and songs of heroes—an Arcadia in truth. 1970J. Brown Un-melting Pot v. 76 The household gods have had a central place in Yugoslav life since pre-Christian times and families today still have their household saints and keep their slava—their annual family days. 1976New Yorker 22 Mar. 68/3 He remembers the priest blessing the house on his father's slava, or name day. |