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

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

Raskolnik, Religious Madmen, opponents to Nicon's reforms, 146.

From The Story of Russia by Bergen, R. Van

A Raskolnik and a member of the orthodox Church were drinking together, when the latter took a cigar.

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

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 Singleton, Esther

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 Singleton, Esther