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Old Believer

noun



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Word History and Origins

Origin of Old Believer1

First recorded in 1805–15
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Example Sentences

Grace for the old believer and the young believer, the tried believer, and the weak believer, and the tempted believer.

And do you know he is an Old Believer, or rather a dissenter?

The only one they had any real respect for was the aged "old believer."

With such dim fears the Old Believer opposed to the orthodox hierarchy a blind fidelity to orthodoxy.

Nearly all the prisoners of our barracks were there, with the exception of the "old believer" from Tchernigoff, and the Poles.

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