Posveta i blagoslov s općeknjiževnog i teološkog gledišta
Posveta and blagoslov from a general-language and a theological standpoint

Summary/Abstract: In Croatian theological terminology a distinction is made between the words posvetiti(consecrate), posveta (consecration) and blagosloviti (bless), blagoslov (blessing). Posvetiti is used as a rule with sacral objects, such as the church, altar, chalice, paten. Blagosloviti is reserved for secular objects: the buildings (schools, homes, houses), premises, food, flags, vehicles and the like. No such strict distinction is made in general Croatian, particularly so in the usage thus far. The author therefore wonders whether a narrowly specialist, theological distinction is obligatory in general Croatian.

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