单词 | doukhobor |
释义 | Doukhoborn.adj.α. 1800s Duhoborets, 1800s– Doukhoborets, 1800s– Dukhoborets; plural 1800s Douchobertzi (irregular), 1800s Douhobortsy, 1800s Duhobortsy, 1800s– Doukhobortsi, 1800s– Doukhobortsy, 1800s– Duchobortsi, 1800s– Duchobortsy, 1800s– Duhobortsi, 1800s– Dukhobortsi, 1800s– Dukhobortsy. β. 1800s Doukobohr, 1800s Duchobor, 1800s– Doukhobor, 1800s– Dukhobor, 1900s– Douchobor, 1900s– Douhobor, 1900s– Duhobor. Now chiefly historical. A. n. A member of a Russian Christian sect that probably originated in the 17th or early 18th cent., characterized by its belief in the immanence of God in all human beings, pacifism, and rejection of the doctrines and liturgy of the Orthodox Church; (also) a descendant of such a person.Following persecution by the Russian state and Orthodox Church, many Doukhobors emigrated to western Canada in the late 19th and early 20th cent., where they established cooperative communities and where today, in declining numbers, descendants maintain some of their beliefs and cultural practices. ΚΠ α. β. 1891 Leisure Hour Mar. 304/1 The bulk of Caucasian dissenters, the Molokans, Dukhobors, Baptists, and others, are quiet, industrious, honest men.1899 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 3/2 The Russian Doukhobors..have been expelled for refusing to participate in war.1921 R. M. Jones Later Periods Quakerism II. xx. 836 The persecution of the Doukhobors in Trans-Caucasia.1957 J. S. Huxley Relig. without Revelation vi. 135 The anti-social but extremely religious Doukhobors.2012 Prince George (Brit. Columbia) Citizen (Nexis) 22 May 8 The Doukhobors..say from 1953 to 1959, the children became victims of a long-standing cultural battle between their communities and the province.1814 R. Pinkerton in tr. Metropolitan Platon Present State Greek Church in Russia App. 307 His Majesty granted the scattered Duhobortsi permission to remove from the governments of Ukraine and Malo-Russia. 1876 J. B. Telfer Crimea I. x. 112 The Douhobortsy fully believe the Scriptures to be the revelation of God. 1897 (title) Christian Martyrdom in Russia. Persecution of the spirit-wrestlers (or Doukhobortsi) in the Caucasus. 1927 China Press (Shanghai) 20 Feb. (Movies section) 3/4 The Dukhobortsi were very positive in their refusal to have anything to do with the state church. 1954 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 299 Despite the severe climate [in the Caucasus] the Doukhobortsy succeeded in prospering. B. adj. Of or characteristic of the Doukhobors; that is a Doukhobor. ΚΠ α. β. 1895 Independent (N.Y.) 14 Nov. 14/3 It all began by the Dukhobor conscripts being obliged by their officers to go to Orthodox churches.1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Dec. 1021/4 We learn that when the Dukhobor colonists marched in force to the local seat of justice to protest..‘every man, woman and child in the procession was stark naked’.1968 G. Woodcock & I. Avakumovic Doukhobors i. 19 A central, constant element in Doukhobor Christianity..is the belief in the immanence of God, in the presence within each man of the Christ spirit.2017 Nelson (Brit. Columbia) Star (Nexis) 8 Feb. 1 Residents came together for an interfaith vigil... Representatives of the..Roman Catholic, Ashram, Doukhobor, and Jewish communities were present.1885 E. Noble Russ. Revolt 182 Russian mysticism was a purely native growth... Its most pronounced features seem to have found expression in the Dukhobortsy sect. 1935 Republic (Kansas) Advertiser 28 Mar. A tendency to nudism among a number of Dukhobortsi girls. 1974 Mir May 19/2 Such yearning for the freedom of expression by the Doukhobortsi youth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1814 |
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