cyrillads

pl. [Mod. Lat. cyrill (a), and pl. Bot.: The name given by Lindley to the order adj. suff.- ads.] Cyrillacese (q. v.). çy-ril-lic, a . [Eng. Cyril; -ic.] A term applied to the alphabet used by all the Slavonic nations who belong to the Eastern Church. It was brought into use by Clement, first bishop of Bulgaria, a disciple of St. Cyril. It is a modification of the Glag olitic, with some signs adapted from the Greek. [GLAGOLITIC.]