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Khlyst

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[klist] / klɪst /

noun

plural

Khlysty, Khlysts

  1. a member of a rigorously ascetic Russian sect originating in the 17th century and believing that each successive leader of the sect was an incarnation of Christ.

Etymology

Origin of Khlyst

1855–60; < Russian: literally, whip

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