vladika
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The head of church and state in Montenegro until 1852; the prince bishop.
Example Sentences
- "On the courtesy and hospitality of the Vladika, indeed, I cannot speak too highly; and the friendly feelings he entertains towards strangers, who are interested in his country, contribute greatly to the pleasure of a visit to Montenegro."
- "From this time, Tchernegora, deserted by its hereditary princes, the Government became vested in its spiritual ruler the Vladika"
- "Running roughly parallel with the increasing unity of the tribes was the gradual transformation of the office of metropolitan or Vladika, which having at first been an ecclesiastical position, subordinate to and elected by the tribes, had begun by the early seventeenth century to serve as both a focus for and agent of central authority"
- "This movement, partly religious and partly political, gave rise to the independent principality of the vladikas."
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian vladika.