Leksyka religijna w słowniku współczesnego języka polskiego

The article highlights certain defects in the lexicographic description of voca­bu lary rnarkecl by transcendental values in the Dictionary of the Polish Langu age edited by W. Doroszewski. The article discusses inaccuracy in clefinitions, deficiencies in entries registra­tion or in their meanings, improper qualifying information, the hanclling of quota­tions, the insufficient highlighting of cultural (religious) connotations, unstabilized ortography, too narrow source base, the Jack of specialist consultancy. The persua­sive character of the Dictionary is sharply criticized as well as artificial separation of religious vocabulary from the generał one, which results in violating the values associated with the religious and para-religious vocabulary