Definition of Syriac. Meaning of Syriac. Synonyms of Syriac

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Definition of Syriac

Syriac
Syriac Syr"i*ac, a. [L. Syriacus, from Syria: cf. F. syriaque.] Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch. -- n. The language of Syria; especially, the ancient language of that country.

Meaning of Syriac from wikipedia

- of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region Syriac alphabet Syriac (Unicode block) Syriac Supplement Neo-Aramaic languages also known as Syriac in most...
- ****yrians and Babylonians. Modern ****yrians may culturally self-identify as Syriacs, Chaldeans, or Arameans for religious, geographic, and tribal identification...
- Syriac Christianity (Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ / Mšiḥoyuṯo Suryoyto or Mšiḥāyūṯā Suryāytā) is a branch of Eastern Christianity of which formative theological...
- Syriac letters or other symbols instead of Syriac script. The Syriac language (/ˈsɪriæk/ SIH-ree-ak; classical Syriac: ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, romanized: Leššānā Sūryāyā...
- The Syriac Orthodox Church (classical Syriac: ܥܺܕܬܳܐ ܣܽܘܪܝܳܝܬܳܐ ܬܪܺܝܨܰܬ݂ ܫܽܘܒܚܳܐ, romanized: ʿIdto Sūryoyto Trīṣath Shubḥo; Arabic: الكنيسة السريانية الأرثوذكسية...
- contains Syriac text, written from right to left in a cursive style with some letters joined. Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined Syriac letters...
- scope, Syriac Christianity encomp**** all Christian denominations that follow East Syriac Rite or West Syriac Rite, and thus use classical Syriac as their...
- The Church of the East (classical Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ, romanized: ʿĒḏtā d-Maḏenḥā) or the East Syriac Church, also called the Church of Seleucia-Ctesiphon...
- Sayfo (Syriac: ܣܲܝܦܵܐ, lit. 'sword'), also known as the Seyfo or the ****yrian genocide, was the m**** slaughter and deportation of ****yrian/Syriac Christians...
- The Syriac Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Christian jurisdiction originating in the Levant that uses the West Syriac Rite liturgy and has many...