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Albanian
Etymology
From shenjtë (“holy, sacred”) + -r- + -ore.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃeɲtəˈɾoɾe/
- Rhymes: -oɾe
- Hyphenation: shenj‧të‧ró‧re
Noun
shenjtërore f (plural shenjtërore, definite shenjtërorja, definite plural shenjtëroret) (archaic, religion)
- holy place, sanctuary, shrine, chapel (place where relics were preserved)
- Synonym: faltore
- apse
- Synonyms: kungë, ajodhimë, absidë, kungore
Further reading
- “shenjtërore”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “shenjtërore”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “shënjt […] ërore”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 474