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STARETS
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Irregular inflected forms: staretsy , startsy
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("starets" is a kind of...):
adviser; advisor; consultant (an expert who gives advice)
Instance hyponyms:
Grigori Efimovich Rasputin; Rasputin (Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916))
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