Old Believer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Old Believer
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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With such dim fears the Old Believer opposed to the orthodox hierarchy a blind fidelity to orthodoxy.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various
And do you know he is an Old Believer, or rather a dissenter?
From Crime and Punishment by Constance Garnett
"He is an Old Believer," Styopka and Vassya answered in a whisper.
From The Bishop and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
The merchant Golushkin, with whom it was necessary to acquaint Nejdanov, was the son of a wealthy merchant in drugs, an Old Believer, of the Thedosian sect.
From Virgin Soil by R. S. Townsend
She is an Old Believer, he was a profligate, a godless fellow . . . that is what has bred hatred between them!
From The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
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