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Meanings of staroobriadtsy in English
Eastern Orthodox Christians who resist reforms of Nikon in 1652–1666.
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Examples for "old believers"
Examples for "old believers"
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But the old believers here in Liverpool don't let it go to their heads.
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O ye old believers and intimate friends:
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An idealistic younger generation and old believers crave the passion and fixed purpose of a social justice crusade.
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From the old believers through Tolstoy to Lenin, he explains, Russian humanism has always been cruel, intolerant and sectarian.
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In earlier times, these Old Believers burned themselves by the thousand.
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Of all the sects the Old Ritualists stand nearest to the official Church.
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The Old Ritualists had still, however, one important theoretical difficulty.
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The Old Ritualists, being simply ecclesiastical Conservatives desirous of resisting all innovations, have remained a compact body little troubled by differences of opinion.
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Those who were more ambitious and more cunning often employed their talents with great success in the world of the Old Ritualists and Sectarians.
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The former party are termed Staro-obriadsti, or Old Ritualists; the latter are called Bezpopoftsi-thatis to say, people "without priests" (bez popov).
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