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świętokradzstwo

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Old Polish

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Etymology

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Possibly a calque of Old Czech svatokrádečstvo. By surface analysis, święty +‎ -o- +‎ kraść +‎ -stwo. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɕfjæ̃tɔkrat͡sstfɔ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɕfjæ̃tɔkrat͡sstfɔ/

Noun

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świętokradzstwo n

  1. (hapax, religion) sacrilege (theft of sacred and ecclesiastical items)
    Synonym: świętokradziectwo
    • 1977 [XV med.], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Polskie glosy w rękopisie Kroniki Wincentego Kadłubka, page 146:
      Asserunt sacrilegium, gl. ablacionem rei sacre swyatokraczstwo, a se delclinari
      [Asserunt sacrilegium, gl. ablacionem rei sacre świętokradzstwo, a se delclinari]
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Descendants

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  • Polish: świętokradztwo
  • Silesian: świyntokradztwo

References

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