"Old Believer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Old Believers [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Russian старове́р (starovér). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ru|старове́р}} Calque of Russian старове́р (starovér) Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Old Believer}} Old Believer (plural Old Believers)
  1. (religion) Any of those who separated from the official Russian Orthodox Church after 1666 as a protest against the church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon between 1652 and 1666. They continue liturgical and ritual practices which predate the reforms. Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms: Old Ritualist, Raskolnik, Rascolnik Translations (believer in Russian Orthodoxy as it was before the church reforms): старавер (staravjer) [masculine] (Belarusian), malnovritano (Esperanto), malnovritanino [feminine] (Esperanto), starovertsi (Finnish), vanhauskoinen (Finnish), vieux-croyant [masculine] (French), vieille-croyante [feminine] (French), vieux-ritualiste [masculine] (French), vieille-ritualiste [masculine] (French), Altgläubiger [masculine] (German), Altgläubige [feminine] (German), Altgläubigentum [collective, neuter, noun] (German), Pemercaya Lama (Indonesian), ескі дәстүрлі (eskı dästürlı) (Kazakh), vecticībnieks (Latvian), staroobrzędowiec [masculine] (Polish), staroobrzędówka [feminine] (Polish), starowier [masculine] (Polish), starowierca [feminine] (Polish), старообря́дец (staroobrjádec) [masculine] (Russian), старообря́дка (staroobrjádka) [feminine] (Russian), старове́р (starovér) [masculine] (Russian), старове́рка (starovérka) [feminine] (Russian), раско́льник (raskólʹnik) [historical, masculine] (Russian), раско́льница (raskólʹnica) [feminine, historical] (Russian), старовер (starower) (Tatar), старообря́дець (staroobrjádecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), старообря́дка (staroobrjádka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), старообря́дник (staroobrjádnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), старообря́дниця (staroobrjádnycja) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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