crèsia

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• cresia (synaeretic)
• criesia, crièsia, crjesia, crjèsia (diphthongized)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin (e)clesia, ultimately from Latin ecclēsia, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “assembly”). Cognate with Italian chiesa, Piedmontese cesa, Venetan ceza, Portuguese igreja, Occitan glèisa, Spanish iglesia, French église.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.si.a/, [ˈkɾjɛ-], [-sɪ.a], [-sja]
• Hyphenation: crè‧si‧a

Noun

crèsia f (plural cresi)

1. (now dated) church

   Synonym: chiesa

   Dumìnica mi nni vaju â crèsia.

   I'm going to church on sunday.

Derived terms

• crisiàsticu
• Crèsia cattòlica
• Crèsia prutistanti
• Crèsia urtudussa
• crèsia-matri
• matricrisiaru
• patri dâ Crèsia

Related terms

• badìa
• cattitrali
• cummentu
• domu
• frati
• misteru
• mònacu
• papa
• parrinu
• parrocchia
• patri-pàrrucu
• sacristanu
• sacristìa
• viscu

See also

• muchea
• sinacoca
• tempru