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Old′ Church′ Slavon′ic,
- Language Varietiesthe oldest attested Slavic language, an ecclesiastical language written first by Cyril and Methodius in a Bible translation of the 9th century and continued in use for about two centuries. It represents the South Slavic, Bulgarian dialect of 9th-century Salonika with considerable addition of other South and West Slavic elements. Abbr.: OCS Also called Old′ Church′ Slav′ic, Old Slavic, Old Slavonic. Cf. Church Slavic.
- 1875–80
'Old Church Slavonic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Church Slavic
- Cyrillic
- Glagolitic
- OCS
- Old Bulgarian
- Old Slavic
- Slavic
- Slavonic
- hard sign
- jer