Etymology

Popovtsy

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Today it means: The members of one of the two principal movements (along with the Bezpopovtsy) of the Old Believers. Full definition →

Russian поповцы
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromпоповцы“the priested ones”
  2. English todayPopovtsy

Borrowed from Russian поповцы (popovcy, “the priested ones”), the followers of the Popovshchina movement.

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