crèsia

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • cresia (synaeretic)
  • criesia, crièsia, crjesia, crjèsia (diphthongized)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin (e)clesia, ultimately from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, assembly). Cognate with Italian chiesa, Piedmontese cesa, Venetan ceza, Portuguese igreja, Occitan glèisa, Spanish iglesia, French église.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾɛ.si.a/, [ˈkɾjɛ-], [-sɪ.a], [-sja]
  • Hyphenation: crè‧si‧a

Noun

crèsia f (plural cresi)

  1. (now dated) church
    Synonym: chiesa
    Dumìnica mi nni vaju â crèsia.
    I'm going to church on sunday.

Derived terms

  • crisiàsticu
  • Crèsia cattòlica
  • Crèsia prutistanti
  • Crèsia urtudussa
  • crèsia-matri
  • matricrisiaru
  • patri dâ Crèsia

See also

  • muschea
  • sinacoca
  • tempru