świętokradzstwo

Old Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

świętokradzstwo n

  1. (hapax legomenon, 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]
nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: świętokradztwo
  • Silesian: świyntokradztwo

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