кадионица

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Serbo-Croatian

кадионица

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Etymology

From earlier кадилница, from earlier кадильница, from Proto-Slavic *kadidlьnica. By surface analysis, кадило +‎ -ница.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǎdionit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ка‧ди‧о‧ни‧ца

Noun

ка̀дионица f (Latin spelling kàdionica)

  1. censer, thurible.
    Synonym: ка̀дило
    • 1897, Josip Lovretić, “Narodni Život i Običaji”, in Zbornik za narodni život i običaje južnih Slavena, volume 2:
      U zubi je lula, a u ruki žapaļena kadionica, da se puši.
      In his teeth is a pipe, and in his hand is a burning censer, to smoke.
    • 1958, Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, Starohrvatska prosvjeta:
      O obliku i ukrasu kadionica nastalih i rađenih na Zapadu do XI. stoljeća možemo suditi uglavnom samo na osnovu izvora i likovnih prikaza, jer rani primjerci, koji se čuvaju po evropskim muzejima, potjecu uglavnom s Istoka.
      We can for the most part determine the forms and decorations of censers developed and made in the West until the 11th century only on the basis of sources and depictions, for the early examples that are held in European musea come primarily from the East.
  2. (slang) An excessively smoky room; a room where there is no clear air due to smokers’ smoke.

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