prelest

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian прелесть (prelestʹ), in turn from Old Church Slavonic прѣльсть (prělĭstĭ).

Noun

prelest (uncountable)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) spiritual delusion, deception, conceit