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Old Believer noun

  • (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.
 vieux-croyant, vieille-croyante, vieille-ritualiste, vieux-ritualiste
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