STARETS (staretsy, startsy)

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Irregular inflected forms: staretsy    , startsy   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does starets mean? 

• STARETS (noun)
  The noun STARETS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: STARETS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STARETS (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))