стрижьникъ

стрижьникъ

Old Church Slavonic

Medieval monk with tonsure.

Etymology

From стрищи (strišti), from Proto-Slavic *striťi.

Noun

стрижьникъ • (strižĭnikŭ) m

1. tonsure person, clergyman
   • from Vita Methodii, 1000700-1000710:

     и приимꙑ Свѧтопълкъ кнѧзь съ вьсѣми Моравлѧнꙑ и пороучи ѥмоу вьсѧ цьркъви и стрижьникꙑ въ вьсѣхъ градѣхъ.

     i priimy Svętopŭlkŭ knęzĭ sŭ vĭsěmi Moravlęny i poruči jemu vĭsę cĭrkŭvi i strižĭniky vŭ vĭsěxŭ graděxŭ.

     And Prince Svatopluk and all the Moravians received him. They entrusted to him all the churches and clergy in all the towns.