Old Believer

English

Calque of Russian старове́р (starovér).

Old Believer (plural Old Believers)

(religion) Any of those who separated from the official Russian Orthodox Church after 1666 as a protest against the church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon between 1652 and 1666. They continue liturgical and ritual practices which predate the reforms.
Synonyms: Old Ritualist, Raskolnik, Rascolnik

Antonyms: Nikonite, Nikonian

believer in Russian Orthodoxy as it was before the church reforms

Belarusian: старавер m (staravjer)
Esperanto: malnovritano, malnovritanino (female)
Finnish: starovertsi, vanhauskoinen
French: vieux-croyant (fr) m, vieille-croyante f, vieux-ritualiste m, vieille-ritualiste m
German: Altgläubiger (de) m, Altgläubige (de) f, Altgläubigentum n (collective noun)
Indonesian: Pemercaya Lama
Kazakh: ескі дәстүрлі (eskı dästürlı)
Latvian: vecticībnieks
Polish: staroobrzędowiec (pl) m, staroobrzędówka f, starowier m, starowierca f
Russian: старообря́дец (ru) m (staroobrjádec), старообря́дка (ru) f (staroobrjádka), старове́р (ru) m (starovér), старове́рка (ru) f (starovérka), раско́льник (ru) m (raskólʹnik) (historical), раско́льница (ru) f (raskólʹnica) (historical)
Tatar: старовер (starower)
Ukrainian: старообря́дець m (staroobrjádecʹ), старообря́дка f (staroobrjádka), старообря́дник m (staroobrjádnyk), старообря́дниця m (staroobrjádnycja)

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