поклонъ

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) bow
 * 2) worship
 * 3) salutation, greeting

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) greetings
 * 2) * c. 1265, Novgorod birch-bark letters, document № 199:
 * "zle-ono"

- Поклоно ѿ Онѳима ко Данилѣ

Usage notes
поклонъ started being used as a standard greeting in letters c. 1200, quickly replacing the earlier standard. By 1400, поклонъ itself fell out of favor, to be replaced by variants of.