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Raskolnik
[ ruh-skawl-nik ]
noun
plural Raskolniks, Raskolniki
- a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Raskolnik1
< Russian óʾԾ schismatic, equivalent to ó split, schism (noun derivative of DZóʾ to split; ras- v. prefix marking dissolution, fracture + DZdzʾ to chop) + -nik agent suffix
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Raskolnik, ras-kol′nik, n. in Russia, a schismatic, a dissenter from the orthodox or Greek Church.
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Even the Raskolnik is more tolerable.
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Among the crowd are seen the "raskolnik" Cornelius, old Vitalya of the "runners," deserters, the merchant Ivanov, the clerk Dokounine ... and several others.
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They hated her when she persecuted the raskolnik or Old Believers, that is, the men who objected to the reforms of Nicon.
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A fever of fanaticism broke out; fifty-three raskolnik in Russia, and one hundred and seventy-two in Siberia, burned themselves to death.
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