molokan

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Synonyms: molokai

Antonyms: molokai

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Noun

1. A member of a [[Christian]] [[sect]] that evolved from "Spiritual Christian" [[Russian]] [[peasant]]s 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]].
2. {{n-g|A general term used (in place of a specific term) in literature and news in and about the [[Russian Empire]] to label}} a member of any [[Spiritual Christian]] [[sect]] (real or imagined: [[Holy Roller]], [[Doukhobor]], [[Sabbatarian]], [[Quaker]], [[Mormon]], etc.), [[pacifist]], [[dissenter]], non-conformist, coward, wimp.

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