The story
- Russian · borrowed fromраско́льник“schism-maker, schismatic”
- English todayRaskolnik
Borrowed from Russian раско́льник (raskólʹnik, “schism-maker, schismatic”), from раско́л (raskól, “schism”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Raskolnik
Today it means: Any of those who separated from the official Russian Orthodox Church after 1666 as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon between 1652 and 1666. Full definition →
Russian раско́льник