церковнослужитель

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Russian

Etymology

церко́вный (cerkóvnyj) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ служи́тель (služítelʹ)

Pronunciation

Noun

церковнослужи́тель (cerkovnoslužítelʹm anim (genitive церковнослужи́теля, nominative plural церковнослужи́тели, genitive plural церковнослужи́телей, feminine церковнослужи́тельница)

  1. cleric, churchman, clergyman, ecclesiastic, minister (of church)
    • 1847, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть первая. I”, in Хозяйка; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Landlady, 1914:
      Церковнослужи́тель, после́дний оста́вшийся в це́ркви, поклони́лся старику́ с уваже́нием; тот кивну́л ему́ голово́ю.
      Cerkovnoslužítelʹ, poslédnij ostávšijsja v cérkvi, poklonílsja starikú s uvažénijem; tot kivnúl jemú golovóju.
      The church verger, the last one remaining in the church, bowed respectfully to the old man; the latter nodded to him.

Declension