| 释义 |
Skoptsi, n. pl.|ˈskɒptsɪ|
Also occas. Skoptzi, Skopzy, etc.
[Russ., pl. of skopéts, eunuch, member of Skoptsi.]
An ascetic Russian Christian sect, known since the eighteenth century and now forbidden, given to self-mutilation (see quots.). Also rarely as sing. Hence ˈSkoptsism, the faith and practice of the Skoptsi.
1856[see Khlist]. 1874J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects 564/1 Skoptzi, a name signifying ‘eunuchs’, given to a Russian sect of the Bezpopoftschin Dissenters, and derived from their practice of self-mutilation, which they supposed to be warranted by Scripture (Matt. xix. 12). 1887A. F. Heard Russ. Ch. & Russ. Dissent xi. 270 Notwithstanding their precautions, the Skoptsi are betrayed by their pale, sallow complexion, their scanty beard, shrill voice, effeminate, peculiar gait, and hesitating, wavering look. 1888‘Stepniak’ Russ. Peasantry II. iii. 439 The Skopzy or Castrati, founded by Selivanov at the close of the eighteenth century. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXV. 194/1 Skoptsism was, however, not exterminated, and grave scandals constantly arose. 1957Ibid. XXIII. 873/1 The Skoptsi..settled in Yakut in the 1860s and introduced agriculture... The clean, well-built Skoptsi villages were a striking contrast to the dirty Yakutsh settlements. 1960O. Manning Great Fortune i. 25 A Skopit. One of the sights of the city. The Skopits belong to a Russian sect. 1970B. Walker Sex & Supernatural ix. 84 The best known of the modern castrant cults called the Skoptsi, or ‘eunuchs’, a mystical Russian sect which first came into prominence in the middle of the 18th century but which was said to have been in existence for at least three centuries before that. |