svetitelj

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From svȇt +‎ -telj.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sʋětiteʎ/
  • Hyphenation: sve‧ti‧telj

Noun[edit]

svètitelj m (Cyrillic spelling свѐтитељ)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) a saint, especially an ascetic or monk who nurtures the ideal of education and dissemination of knowledge
    Synonym: svétac
    • c. 1858, anonymous author, Hymn to Saint Sava:
      Uskliknimo s ljubavlju / Svetitelju Savi.
      Let us cry out with love / To Saint Sava.

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