STARETS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: staretsy    , startsy   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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