Usage of "old ritualists"

Russian

раскольники

Portuguese

velhos crentes

Spanish

antiguos creyentes

Catalan

pomortsy

Eastern Orthodox Christians who resist reforms of Nikon in 1652–1666.

Related terms

religion

раскольники

Synonyms

Examples for "old believers"

But the old believers here in Liverpool don't let it go to their heads. 
 The Guardian 

O ye old believers and intimate friends: 
 Tablets of the Divine Plan 

An idealistic younger generation and old believers crave the passion and fixed purpose of a social justice crusade. 
 The Guardian 

From the old believers through Tolstoy to Lenin, he explains, Russian humanism has always been cruel, intolerant and sectarian. 
 The Guardian 

In earlier times, these Old Believers burned themselves by the thousand. 
 Russian Rambles 

Usage of old ritualists in English

Of all the sects the Old Ritualists stand nearest to the official Church. 
 Russia 

The Old Ritualists had still, however, one important theoretical difficulty. 
 Russia 

The Old Ritualists, being simply ecclesiastical Conservatives desirous of resisting all innovations, have remained a compact body little troubled by differences of opinion. 
 Russia 

Those who were more ambitious and more cunning often employed their talents with great success in the world of the Old Ritualists and Sectarians. 
 Russia 

The former party are termed Staro-obriadsti, or Old Ritualists; the latter are called Bezpopoftsi-thatis to say, people "without priests" (bez popov). 
 Russia 

Besides this, they were nearly all emigrants from Great Russia, and mostly Old Ritualists or Sectarians, whilst the Zaporovians were Little Russians and Orthodox. 
 Russia 

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Meanings of old ritualists in English