Old Believer

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian старове́р (starovér).

Noun

Old Believer (plural Old Believers)

1. (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

Translations

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)