Az egyház mint egykori birtokos a magyar helységnevekben
Date: 2012
Subject: helységnév
egyház mint birtokos
egyházi helységnév
magyar
egyház mint birtokos
egyházi helységnév
magyar
Abstract:
ANDREA BÖLCSKEI, The Church as a former possessor in Hungarian settlement names //
The Church, a significant power in medieval Europe, has exerted a long-lasting influence on
Hungarian place nomenclature. The author argues that ecclesiastical settlement names of the era
aptly reflect the changes the Church had implemented in geographical surroundings (by erecting
buildings for religious use) and in contemporary proprietary rights (by becoming a landowner) in
the country. Based on data collected from a widely acclaimed Hungarian etymological dictionary
of toponyms (FNESz.4), the paper describes historical settlement names, several of which are still
in use today, referring to the possession of a clergyman or of a religious order with respect to their
first appearance, their lexical, morphological and syntactic features, their semantics, their changes,
and their cultural and historical importance.