духовенство

Inherited from Old Slovak duchovenstvo. By surface analysis, духовни (duxovni) +‎ -ство (-stvo). Cognates include Polish duchowieństwo, Czech and Slovak duchovenstvo.

• IPA^(key): [duxɔˈvɛnstvɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɛnstvɔ
• Hyphenation: ду‧хо‧вен‧ство

духовенство (duxovenstvo) n

1. (religion, collective) clergy

   Synonym: священство (svjaščenstvo)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “духовенство”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Borrowed from Middle Polish duchowieństwo, a calque of German Geistlichkeit. By surface analysis, духо́вный (duxóvnyj) +‎ -ство (-stvo)

• IPA^(key): [dʊxɐˈvʲenstvə]

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духове́нство • (duxovénstvo) n inan (genitive духове́нства, nominative plural духове́нства, genitive plural духове́нств)

1. clergy, priesthood

Inherited from Old Ruthenian дꙋхове́нство (duxovénstvo), from Middle Polish duchowieństwo, a calque of German Geistlichkeit; possibly, later reborrowed from Russian духове́нство (duxovénstvo). By surface analysis, духо́вний (duxóvnyj) +‎ -ство (-stvo).

• IPA^(key): [dʊxɔˈʋɛnstwɔ]

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духове́нство • (duxovénstvo) n inan (genitive духове́нства, uncountable)

1. (religion) clergy, priesthood

   Synonyms: духівни́цтво (duxivnýctvo), свяще́нство (svjaščénstvo)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “духовенство”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “духовенство”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “духовенство”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]