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poustinia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pous-tinia
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Christian spirituality, a small sparsely furnished cabin or room where a person goes to fast and pray, but which is less austere than a hermitage.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the Russian пусты́ня (pustýnja, “desert”).

Inflected Forms

poustinias (plural)

Derived Forms

poustinik

Questions

What does poustinia mean?
In Christian spirituality, a small sparsely furnished cabin or room where a person goes to fast and pray, but which is less austere than a hermitage.
Where does poustinia come from?
From the Russian пусты́ня (pustýnja, “desert”).

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