Cyril

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  1. Cyril, Saint 827-869. Christian missionary and theologian who with his brother Saint Methodius (826-885) worked in Moravia, translating the Scriptures into Old Church Slavonic.

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  • Underneath the exhilaration, that her ghostly feelings gave, was the smooth sense of being about to do a great deed that would benefit every one--Cyril, her mother, her father, Dot, every one. —  An Australian Lassie
  • Cyril, at Jerusalem,--and by implication, his namesake at Alexandria,--Chrysostom, at Antioch and at Constantinople Augustine, in Africa,--all four expressly witness to the circumstance. —  The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels
  • There was Cyril, the little one in the Eton jacket, who used to play with Raymond; and Phil, the middy; and the big one who was at college-- Arthur, wasn't he? —  Sisters Three
  • Silvester was ordered to the monastery of St. Cyril, and Adachef was sent to Livonia. —  The Story of Russia
  • Natalia's father and brother were taken from her; Cyril, the father, was sent to a monastery and her brother Ivan was tortured and cut to pieces, although the czarina went on her knees begging for his life. —  The Story of Russia
 

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