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Old Church Slavonic
Noun
божьство • (božĭstvo) n
- divinity
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 589-591:
бо и въ лѣности живѫтъ правовѣрьнии попове ꙗкоже то вꙑ глаголѥте осѫждаѭще ѩ нъ божьства не хоулѧтъ ꙗкоже вꙑ- bo i vŭ lěnosti živǫtŭ pravověrĭnii popove jakože to vy glagoljete osǫždajǫšte ję nŭ božĭstva ne xulętŭ jakože vy
- Even if orthodox priests lead idle lives, as you say when you condemn them, still they do not blaspheme the divinity as you do.
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Declension of божьство (o-stem)
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