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звезди́ца — meaning in English

zvezditsa

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English meaning

  • asterisk noun The star-shaped symbol (*) used in writing to mark a footnote, show an omission, or flag something as an exception.

Senses

звезди́ца is used for these senses in English:

  • asterisk (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) An instrument with radiating arms resembling a star which is placed over the diskos (or paten) used during the Eucharist to prevent the veil covering the chalice and diskos from touching the host on the diskos.

asterisk — full definition

  1. noun The star-shaped symbol (*) used in writing to mark a footnote, show an omission, or flag something as an exception.
  2. verb To mark something with an asterisk.

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