单词 | cyrillic |
释义 | Cyrillicadj. Designating the alphabet employed by the Slavonic peoples of the Orthodox Churches, the invention of which is attributed to St. Cyril in the 9th century.The Cyrillic is distinguished from another ancient Slavonic alphabet, the Glagolitic (Glagolitic adj.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > alphabet > [adjective] > Slavonic Cyrillic1842 Glagolitic1861 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 104/2 The use of the Cyrillic letters..remained in full vigour among those [Slavonians] who belonged to the Eastern Church. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 127/1 The Servians..make use of the Cyrillic alphabet. 1856 H. Stanley Rouman Anthol. Pref. p. xi The Latinity of Rouman is..sadly disguised under the Cyrillic alphabet. 1881 Academy 26 Mar. 226 The Slaves, when they became converts to Christianity, framed two alphabets, the Cyrillic and the Glagolitic. 1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 761/1 The Russian Government..had already forbidden the printing of Lithuanian texts in any but the Cyrillic character. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1842 |
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