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Definition of: Cyril
(sir′əl)
A masculine personal name. Also Fr. Cy·rille (sē·rēl′), Ger. Cyrill (tsü·ril′), Lat. Cy·ril·lus (si·ril·əs). [<Gk., lordly]
—Cyril, Saint,
376?–444, Latin church father, archbishop of Alexandria.
—Cyril, Saint,
827–869: called “Apostle of the Slavs.”
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