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

A Raskolnik told this prelate, "We would as lief lose our heads as our beard."—"Will your heads grow again?" was the bishop's retort.

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

And just as the East has bound itself fast to externals, so the Raskolnik praises his fossilism to the skies, and would gladly run the risk of petrifying society in its inherited shape.

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 afternoon was closed with a visit to a Raskolnik, or Old Believer, and of all our experiences this turned out to be the most curious.

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

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

The Raskolniks would go to the block for the sign of the Cross with two fingers.

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

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

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

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

Such was the beginning of the Raskolniks, who now number 10,000,000 souls—a conservative Slavonic element which has been a difficult one to deal with.

From A Short History of Russia by Mary Platt Parmele