English Explanatory Dictionary

Popovtsy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The members of one of the two principal movements (along with the Bezpopovtsy) of the Old Believers.

Word forms

Popovtsy Popovets

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian поповцы (popovcy, “the priested ones”), the followers of the Popovshchina movement.

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