Cyrillic alphabet
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Cyrillic + alphabet. Named after Saint Cyril (Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kurillos)), who devised a predecessor to Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet.
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Cyrillic alphabet (plural Cyrillic alphabets)
- An alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several Slavic and other languages of Eastern Europe and Asia.
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An alphabet devised for writing thee Old Church Slavonic liturgical language
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