"Molokan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Molokans [plural], Molokane [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian молокан (molokan, “dairy-eater, nursing infant, white-colored”), plural молокане (molokane). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|молокан||dairy-eater, nursing infant, white-colored}} Russian молокан (molokan, “dairy-eater, nursing infant, white-colored”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Molokane}} Molokan (plural Molokans or Molokane)
  1. A member of a Christian sect that evolved from "Spiritual Christian" Russian peasants who refused to obey the Russian Orthodox Church, beginning in the 1600s in the Russian Empire as an indigenous adaptation of the Protestant movement from Europe. Named for their heresy of eating (including dairy foods), instead of fasting, during Lent.
    Sense id: en-Molokan-en-noun-t6v5BF8J Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
  2. A general term used (in place of a specific term) in literature and news in and about the Russian Empire to label any Spiritual Christian sect (real or imagined: Holy Roller, Doukhobor, Sabbatarian, Quaker, Mormon, etc.), pacifist, dissenter, non-conformist, coward, wimp.
    Sense id: en-Molokan-en-noun-Ptd9h~hL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54

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