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Doukhobor

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Etymology

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From Russian Духобор (Duxobor, spirit wrestler).

Noun

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Doukhobor (plural Doukhobors or Doukhobortsy)

  1. (Christianity, historical) A member of a religious group of Russian origin who rejected the Czarist government of the late 1800s and Russian Orthodox priests, icons, and rituals, aiming to internalize the living spirit of God in each individual.

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