Etymology

Noun

1. An alphabet designed in the ninth century CE by Saint Cyril in order to translate the Bible and other texts into Old Church Slavonic. Mostly replaced by Cyrillic alphabet in Orthodox Christian Slavic countries, but still in use in the Croatian Church along the Dalmatian coast, in Czech and Croatian recensions of Church Slavic.

Synonyms

• Glagolitic, Bukvitsa , Glagolitsa, Hieronymian, Illyrian , Slovenish