Glagolitic
[glag-uh-lit-ik] /ˌglæg əˈlɪt ɪk/
adjective
1.
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
2.
the Glagolitic alphabet.
/ˌɡlæɡəˈlɪtɪk/
adjective
1.
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
n.
1861, from Serbo-Cr. glagolica “Glagolitic alphabet,” from Old Church Slavonic glagolu “word” (see call) + Greek suffix -itic. The older of the two Slavic writing systems (Cyrillic is the other), it was designed by Cyrillus c.863 C.E.
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