Church Slavonicism noun2 •Denoting a word, phrase or linguistic structure borrowed from or formed under the influence of Old Church Slavonic or some later Church Slavonic recension.Vitát is in fact expressly recognised as a Church Slavonicism by Preobraženskij, Šanskij and Machek. — 1935 •A word recorded in the corpus of Old Church Slavonic or some of the later Church Slavonic recensions. formsChurch Slavonicisms