English Explanatory Dictionary

Raskolnik

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of those who separated from the official Russian Orthodox Church after 1666 as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon between 1652 and 1666.

Word forms

Raskolnik Raskolniks Raskolniki Rascolnik

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian раско́льник (raskólʹnik, “schism-maker, schismatic”), from раско́л (raskól, “schism”).

Related words

Old Believer Old Ritualist
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