English
Vladika
Vladika comes from Serbo-Croatian vladika.
- Serbo-Croatianmodernvladika
- Englishearliest quotation 1848Vladika
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Serbo-Croatianmodernvladika
- Englishearliest quotation 1848Vladika
Earliest quotation: 1848, Sir John Gardener Wilkinson, Dalmatia and Montenegro: “On the courtesy and hospitality of the Vladika, indeed,…”
Every English word from Serbo-Croatian vladika
Today it means
noun The head of church and state in Montenegro until 1852; the prince bishop.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Serbo-Croatian vladika / Vladika