Molokan

American  

[mol-uh-kahn] / ˈmɒl əˌkɑn /

noun

1. a member of an ascetic religious sect, founded in Russia in the 18th century by former Doukhobors, opposing sacraments and ritual and stressing the authority of the Bible.

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Etymology

Origin of Molokan

< Russian molokán (now usually molokánin, plural -áne ), equivalent to molok ( ó ) milk + -an noun suffix; originally so named because they ate dairy products on fast days, contrary to Orthodox observance

Example Sentences

Though he professed himself to be a good Molokan and was received as such, he enounced at the weekly meetings many new and startling ideas.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir

When I found a Molokan, or some one whom I suspected to be such, I talked for some time about the weather and the crops, as if I had no ulterior object in view.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir

When returning some weeks later from a visit to the Kirghiz of the Inner Horde, I arrived one evening at this centre of the Molokan faith, and was hospitably received by one of the brotherhood.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir