starovern.
/ˌstarəˈvjɛː/, U.S. /ˌstɛrəˈvjɛr/α. 1800s staroveretz, 1900s– staroverets; plural 1700s staraverzi, 1800s starovertzes, 1800s starovertzi, 1800s– staroverts (irregular), 1800s– starovertsi, 1800s– starovertsy, 1800s– starovertzy, 1900s– staroverci, 1900s– staroverzes.
β. 1800s starovere, 1800s– starover; also plural 1800s starovere, 1800s– staroveri, 1800s– starovery, 1900s– staraveri.
= Old Believer n.
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Raskolnik1723
Old Believer1762
starover1762
Bezpopovtsy1868
Raskol1870
Old Ritualist1872
Popovtsy1875
1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. IV. 208 The Walachians..adhere to the Greek community and stile themselves Staraverzi, i.e. Old Believers.
1854 Home Life in Russia I. vii. 86 Tchichikoff happened to call his worthy colleague a staròver (dissenter).
1856 Economist 5 July 732/2 The Starovertzi, who in the time of the Patriarch had refused to adopt the reforms, remained steadfast to their ancient creed under the great Czar.
1872 Harper's Mag. Aug. 421 No Starover will eat from the same dish.
1906 Univ. Rev. Dec. 178 The most cruel religious persecutions have been unavailing against the Starovers.
1971 Slavic Rev. 49 609 The starovertsy were cruelly repressed.
2001 D. Lipats Running with Professor Fyodor 36 It [sc. an icon] was brought there by Starovers, who fled to the wilderness long before the time of Peter the Great.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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