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.
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