Nikoniann.adj.

Brit.

/nᵻˈkəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/nəˈkoʊniən/

Forms: 1800s– Niconian, 1800s– Nikonian.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nikon , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < the name Nikon, adopted by Nikita Minin (1605–81), 6th Patriarch of Moscow (1652–8), who introduced wide-ranging and controversial reforms in the Russian Orthodox Church in the 1650s + -ian suffix.

Now historical.

A. n.

A member of the Russian Orthodox Church who accepted the liturgical reforms introduced by Nikon. Cf. Old Believer n. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [noun] > person > Russian > following Nikon

Nikonian1841

1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 269/1 Many of the more ignorant..loudly declaimed against the heresy of the Niconians.

1872 Harper's Mag. Aug. 421 No Starover will eat from the same dish with a Nikonian, or bathe in the same water.

1888 S. M. Kravchinskii Russ. Peasantry II. 454 They [sc. the Stranniky] look upon their co-religionists..with the same disgust and abhorrence as they lavish on the Niconians.

1927 J. F. Hecker Relig. under Soviets x. 136 By anathematizing the ancient traditions, the Nikonians have forfeited all rights to the Apostolic succession.

1997 G. Hosking Russia (1998) ii. i. 71 At a time when the official church began to counter the Old Belief by persuasion rather than persecution, Andrei composed a systematic exposition of its tenets laid out as answers to the accusations of the Nikonians.

B. adj.

Of or relating to Nikon or his reforms.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [adjective] > following Nikon

Nikonian1841

1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 269/1 Both clergymen and laymen opposed the Niconian heresy.

1870 W. H. Dixon Free Russia 156 The Nikonian Church was recognized as an Official Church.

1877 D. M. Wallace Russia xx. 308 Believing these ‘Nikonian novelties’ to be heretical.

1972 Speculum 47 565 One suspects that in the context of the pre-Nikonian and Old Believer textual traditions the text..would seem to need considerably less ‘correction’.

1994 G. Guroff & A. Guroff in R. Szporluk National Identity & Ethnicity in Russia iv. 83 The council, while approving the Nikonian reforms, removed him from office and exiled him for exceeding his authority.

Derivatives

Niˈkonianism n. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [noun] > following Nikon

Raskol1887

Nikonianism1957

1957 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 695/2 A long struggle began between the faith of the Old Believers and the Nikonianism, as the official church was now generally called.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nikonian
释义	Nikoniann.adj. Brit. /nᵻˈkəʊnɪən/, U.S. /nəˈkoʊniən/ Forms: 1800s– Niconian, 1800s– Nikonian. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nikon , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name Nikon, adopted by Nikita Minin (1605–81), 6th Patriarch of Moscow (1652–8), who introduced wide-ranging and controversial reforms in the Russian Orthodox Church in the 1650s + -ian suffix. Now historical. A. n. A member of the Russian Orthodox Church who accepted the liturgical reforms introduced by Nikon. Cf. Old Believer n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [noun] > person > Russian > following Nikon Nikonian1841 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 269/1 Many of the more ignorant..loudly declaimed against the heresy of the Niconians. 1872 Harper's Mag. Aug. 421 No Starover will eat from the same dish with a Nikonian, or bathe in the same water. 1888 S. M. Kravchinskii Russ. Peasantry II. 454 They [sc. the Stranniky] look upon their co-religionists..with the same disgust and abhorrence as they lavish on the Niconians. 1927 J. F. Hecker Relig. under Soviets x. 136 By anathematizing the ancient traditions, the Nikonians have forfeited all rights to the Apostolic succession. 1997 G. Hosking Russia (1998) ii. i. 71 At a time when the official church began to counter the Old Belief by persuasion rather than persecution, Andrei composed a systematic exposition of its tenets laid out as answers to the accusations of the Nikonians. B. adj. Of or relating to Nikon or his reforms. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [adjective] > following Nikon Nikonian1841 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 269/1 Both clergymen and laymen opposed the Niconian heresy. 1870 W. H. Dixon Free Russia 156 The Nikonian Church was recognized as an Official Church. 1877 D. M. Wallace Russia xx. 308 Believing these ‘Nikonian novelties’ to be heretical. 1972 Speculum 47 565 One suspects that in the context of the pre-Nikonian and Old Believer textual traditions the text..would seem to need considerably less ‘correction’. 1994 G. Guroff & A. Guroff in R. Szporluk National Identity & Ethnicity in Russia iv. 83 The council, while approving the Nikonian reforms, removed him from office and exiled him for exceeding his authority. Derivatives Niˈkonianism n. rare ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [noun] > following Nikon Raskol1887 Nikonianism1957 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 695/2 A long struggle began between the faith of the Old Believers and the Nikonianism, as the official church was now generally called. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1841
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