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- Russian · borrowed fromмолокан“dairy-eater, nursing infant, white-colored”
- English todayMolokan
Borrowed from Russian молокан (molokan, “dairy-eater, nursing infant, white-colored”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Molokan
Today it means: A member of a Christian sect that evolved from "Spiritual Christian" Russian peasants who refused to obey the Russian Orthodox Church, beginning in the 1600s in the Russian Empire as an indigenous adaptation of the Protestant movement from Europe. Named for their heresy of eating (including dairy foods), instead of fasting, during Lent. Full definition →
Russian молокан