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noun
Any of those who separated from the official Russian Orthodox Church after 1666 as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon between 1652 and 1666.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, offensive
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History
Borrowed from Russian раско́льник (raskólʹnik, “schism-maker, schismatic”), from раско́л (raskól, “schism”).
