| 单词 | spirit wrestler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspirit wrestler spirit wrestler n. [after Russian duxoborec (see Doukhobor n.)] a member of a Russian Christian sect that probably originated in the 17th or early 18th cent., characterized by its belief in the immanence of God in all human beings, pacifism, and rejection of the doctrines and liturgy of the Orthodox Church; = Doukhobor n. ΚΠ 1868 J. M'Clintock & J. Strong Cycl. Biblical, Theol., & Eccl. Lit. II. 907/1 Duchobortzi, the name of a Russian sect, not certainly known to have existed before the 18th century. The word is the plural of Duchobozetz_[sic], meaning Spirit Wrestler. It is the name of one of the many sects of the Russo-Greek Church. 1999 C. Thubron In Siberia (2000) vii. 184 There were the pious Stundists and the Dukhobor ‘Spirit-wrestlers’, pacifists, who believed in the primacy of an indwelling spirit, turning even the Bible superfluous. 2015 Winnipeg Free Press 16 May d15/1 It was the Orthodox Church that gave them their name. It means ‘spirit wrestlers’, because church officials accused them of wrestling against the spirit of God. < as lemmas |
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