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Popovtsy

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Popovtsy pl (normally plural, singular Popovets)

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