katharevusa
/ˌkæθəˈrɛvʊsə/
noun
- A formal, archaic form of the Greek language that was used in official documents and literature, now largely replaced by modern Demotic Greek.
- The government used katharevusa for legal documents until the 1970s.
- Learning katharevusa helps scholars read older Greek texts.
- Many 19th-century Greek poems were written in katharevusa.
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