Bezpopovets
noun
Bez·po·po·vets
ˌbes-pə-ˈpȯ-vəts,
ˌbez-
plural Bezpopovtsy
ˌbes-pə-ˈpȯft-sē,
ˌbez-
: a member of a Raskolnik priestless sect in Russia compare popovets
Word History
Etymology
Russian, from bez without (from Old Russian) + popov- (plural stem of pop priest, from Old High German pfaffo, from Gothic papa, from Late Greek papas, from Greek, father) + -ets, agent suffix; akin to Old Slavic & Polish bez without, Lithuanian bè, Sanskrit bahis outside