пострижениѥ

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Old Church Slavonic

Prince Rastko Nemanjić with tonsure.

Etymology

From стрищи (strišti), from Proto-Slavic *striťi.

Noun

пострижениѥ (postriženijen

  1. tonsure, cutting
    • from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
      Въздрастъшоу жє ѥмоу ꙗко пострищи и, призъва Братиславъ, отьць ѥго, на пострижєньѥ бискоупа єтєра, имєньмь Нотара, и сь клирикꙑ ѥго.
      Vŭzdrastŭšu že jemu jako postrišti i, prizŭva Bratislavŭ, otĭcĭ jego, na postriženĭje biskupa etera, imenĭmĭ Notara, i sĭ kliriky jego.
      And as he grew so big as to tonsure him, his father Bratislav invited to this tonsure a certain bishop, Notar by name, and his clerics with him.

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