Raskolnik

American  

[ruh-skawl-nik] / rəˈskɔl nɪk /

noun

• Raskolniks,
  plural
• Raskolniki
  plural

1. a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Raskolniki
  plural
• Raskolniks
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Raskolnik

< Russian raskólʾnik schismatic, equivalent to raskól split, schism (noun derivative of raskolótʾ to split; ras- v. prefix marking dissolution, fracture + kolotʾ to chop) + -nik agent suffix

Example Sentences

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Raskolnik Raskolniki Raskolniks

We walked out with the old Raskolnik, and at the door I thanked him for his kindness; but even there, and all the way down the long walk through the park, Tolstoi remained silent.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White

The czar was one day pointed out to a Raskolnik conscript.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various

At this I reminded him of Theodore Parker's distinction between men who believe and men who "believe that they believe," and said that possibly our Raskolnik was one of the latter.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White

The word Raskolnik means, literally, one who splits asunder, and that is just what the Old Believer is—one who has split off from the Orthodox Church.

From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton

The Orthodox Cross has but two beams, while that of the Raskolnik has four, and is made of four woods—cypress, cedar, palm, and olive; the latter, too, repeats his Allelujah thrice, the Orthodox but twice.

From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton

Also, if you will allow me, your Highness, I will go and have a talk with the Raskolniki.

From Dead Souls by D. J. Hogarth

Gradually the leading Raskolniki perceived that they must make preparations, not for the Day of Judgment, but for a terrestrial future—that they must create some permanent form of ecclesiastical organisation.

From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace

Those who belong to the Raskol are called Raskolniki.

From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace

Since the reform the Church chants the Hallelujah thrice, the Raskolniks only twice.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various

He strove to elude the new systems of taxation and conscription, and to this day some of the Raskolniks are in a state of systematic revolt against the simplest of governmental methods.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various

And so, in their hunt after the hidden sense of narratives and words, some of the Raskolniks have allegorized the histories of the Old and New Testaments, and changed the gospel records into parables.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various

Russian Sects.—A vast number of sects sprang up within the Russian church, which are all included under the general name Raskolniks or apostates.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz

The Raskolniks, or Old Believers, profess to be the real Church; yet the simplest civic rights were always denied to them.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various