Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Lusatia (G. Lausitz), a district, or two districts (Upper and Lower Lausitz), in Germany, belonging in part to Prussia and in part to Saxony.
- noun An inhabitant of Lusatia.
- noun The native language of Lusatia. Same as
Sorbian , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The Slavic language spoken by the Lusatian people, closely related to
Czech . - noun A member of the Lusatian people.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the Lusatians.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Slavonic language spoken in rural area of southeastern Germany
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Examples
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Not only is this a likely vicinity for Proto-Italic, but hence also spread an impetus to the Nordic Bronze Age in the century to come as well as to the Lusatian culture area of the Venedi.
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Willkomm confesses that their coldness towards strangers is unparalleled; they have no confidence whatever in foreigners; "and let a Lusatian but suspect," he says, "that you come a-fishing to him, and to listen out his privacies; then may you," as we may render the Lusatian proverb, "'Lose yourself before you find his mushroom.'"
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Various
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The Lusatian traditions, brought to light in Germany by Ernst Willkomm, and now first made known to Englishmen in these pages, were collected by our author, as we have already observed, with difficulty and labour.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Various
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Oh, how much other than yon sweet lily of the high Lusatian valleys, the shade-loving Flower, the good Maud -- herself looked upon with love by the glad eyes of men, women, children, Fairies, and Angels! oh, other indeed!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various
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Willkomm tells us, that the rest of the world, which "the cabin'd cribb'd" Lusatian has himself learned to call
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Various
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Lusatian mountains -- three, six, ten centuries ago; or, in unreckoned antiquity, by the common Ancestors of the believers, who, in still unmeasured antiquity, brought the superstition of the Fairies out of central Asia to remote occidental Europe.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various
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In the Lusatian ceremony described above, the tree which is brought home after the destruction of the figure of Death is plainly equivalent to the trees or branches which, in the preceding customs, were brought back as representatives of Summer or Life, after Death had been thrown away or destroyed.
Chapter 28. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit. § 4. Bringing in Summer 1922
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In the Lusatian ceremony described above, the tree which is brought home after the destruction of the figure of Death is plainly equivalent to the trees or branches which, in the preceding customs, were brought back as representatives of Summer or Life, after Death had been thrown away or destroyed.
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The Lusatian Sorbs are Catholics with exception of 15,000 in Upper
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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At present the Lusatian Sorbs numbers about 150,000 persons on the upper course of the Spree.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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