светитељ

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From све̑т.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sʋětiteʎ/
  • Hyphenation: све‧ти‧тељ

Noun

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свѐтитељ m (Latin spelling svètitelj)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) a saint, especially an ascetic or monk who nurtures the ideal of education and dissemination of knowledge
    Synonym: све́тац
    • c. 1858, anonymous author, Hymn to Saint Sava:
      Ускликнимо с љубављу / Светитељу Сави.
      Let us cry out with love / To Saint Sava.

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