Popovtsy

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Popovtsy pl (normally plural, singular Popovets)

  1. The members of one of the two principal movements (along with the Bezpopovtsy) of the Old Believers.
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