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A mid-17th-century schism that split the Russian Orthodox Church into an official church and the Old Believers movement, triggered by the reforms of Patriarch Nikon in 1653, which aimed to establish uniformity between Greek and Russian church practices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Christianity
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noun
A criminal in Papua New Guinea, sometimes operating as part of a gang.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Russian раскол (raskol).
Reborrowed from Tok Pisin, from English rascal.
