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"A person, often associated with gifts of prophecy and insight, who publicly acts as if mad or stupid, but whose madness is seen as concealing an inner sanctity for the purpose of self-humiliation."
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"(chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) A person, often associated with gifts of prophecy and insight, who publicly acts as if mad or stupid, but whose madness is seen as concealing an inner sanctity for the purpose of self-humiliation."
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"word": "fool for Christ"
},
{
"word": "yurodivy"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation",
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"masculine"
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"word": "fol-en-Christ"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Jurodiwy"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation",
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"masculine"
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"word": "jurodiwyj"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation",
"word": "louco por Cristo"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "juródivyj",
"sense": "person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "юро́дивый"
},
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"roman": "blažénnyj",
"sense": "person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "блаже́нный"
}
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fol-en-Christ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Jurodiwy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jurodiwyj"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation",
"word": "louco por Cristo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "juródivyj",
"sense": "person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "юро́дивый"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blažénnyj",
"sense": "person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "блаже́нный"
}
],
"word": "holy fool"
}
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