Old Believer

noun

1. Raskolnik.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Old Believer¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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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