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noun
A person, often associated with gifts of prophecy and insight, who publicly acts as if mad or stupid, but whose madness is seen as concealing an inner sanctity for the purpose of self-humiliation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy
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Synonyms: fool for Christ, yurodivy
Antonyms: none provided
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