staretsn.

Brit.

/ˈstɑːr(j)ɛts/, U.S.

/ˈstɑrəts/,

/ˈstɑrjəts/

Inflections: Plural startsy /ˈstartsɪ/, staretsy, staretses;

Forms: 1700s– starets, 1800s– staretz. Plural 1700s– startsi, 1900s– staretses, 1900s– staretsi, 1900s– staretsy, 1900s– staretzes, 1900s– staretzi, 1900s– staretzy, 1900s– startsy, 1900s– startzi, 1900s– startzy.

Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian starec.

Etymology: < Russian starec venerable old man, elder, monk, spiritual leader (11th cent. in Old Russian) < the base of Russian staryj old + -ec , suffix forming nouns. Compare Old Church Slavonic starĭtsĭ , an honorific used of monks, perhaps after the corresponding Byzantine Greek use of ancient Greek γέρων (see gerontology n.).In plural form startsy after the Russian plural form starcy.

Russian Orthodox Church.

A man, typically a monk, who is regarded as having spiritual authority, and is hence often sought out as a counsellor or guide, despite his holding no formal position in the ecclesiastical hierarchy. Also in extended use.

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starets1729

1729 T. Consett tr. Present State Church of Russia I. 164 When such a one offers himself, as none of the foregoing Cautions debar from being a Monk, he may be taken..to be committed to the Care of an honest and sober Starets. [Note Starets, or an elderly Monk.]

1887 N. H. Dole tr. L. Tolstoy Ivan Ilyitch 199 The middle mendicant sighed, and looked at the aged one..: the tall stárets frowned, and looked at the aged one.

1917 Fall of Romanoffs iii. 44 He [sc. Rasputine]..decided to give up his work, consecrate himself to God and become a ‘staretz’.

1955 J. D. Salinger in New Yorker 29 Jan. 36/2 He meets this person called a starets—some sort of terribly advanced religious person—and the starets tells him about a book called the ‘Philokalia’.

1966 A. Bloom Living Prayer v. 73 The Staretz Ambrose of Optina had the kind of vision which allowed him to see a person's real good.

1976 Christian 3 150 She was meeting..a man who was himself the spiritual soul of one of the greatest startzy (spiritual fathers) of the nineteenth century West, the Abbé Huvelin.

2001 P. P. Read Alice in Exile (2002) ii. v. 178 Have you been to the monastery? Well, the abbot there's her closest friend. And the starets, Father Yosef.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	starets
释义	staretsn. Brit. /ˈstɑːr(j)ɛts/, U.S. /ˈstɑrəts/, /ˈstɑrjəts/ Inflections: Plural startsy /ˈstartsɪ/, staretsy, staretses; Forms: 1700s– starets, 1800s– staretz. Plural 1700s– startsi, 1900s– staretses, 1900s– staretsi, 1900s– staretsy, 1900s– staretzes, 1900s– staretzi, 1900s– staretzy, 1900s– startsy, 1900s– startzi, 1900s– startzy. Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian starec. Etymology: < Russian starec venerable old man, elder, monk, spiritual leader (11th cent. in Old Russian) < the base of Russian staryj old + -ec , suffix forming nouns. Compare Old Church Slavonic starĭtsĭ , an honorific used of monks, perhaps after the corresponding Byzantine Greek use of ancient Greek γέρων (see gerontology n.).In plural form startsy after the Russian plural form starcy. Russian Orthodox Church. A man, typically a monk, who is regarded as having spiritual authority, and is hence often sought out as a counsellor or guide, despite his holding no formal position in the ecclesiastical hierarchy. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > various Christian superiors > [noun] > Russian Orthodox starets1729 1729 T. Consett tr. Present State Church of Russia I. 164 When such a one offers himself, as none of the foregoing Cautions debar from being a Monk, he may be taken..to be committed to the Care of an honest and sober Starets. [Note Starets, or an elderly Monk.] 1887 N. H. Dole tr. L. Tolstoy Ivan Ilyitch 199 The middle mendicant sighed, and looked at the aged one..: the tall stárets frowned, and looked at the aged one. 1917 Fall of Romanoffs iii. 44 He [sc. Rasputine]..decided to give up his work, consecrate himself to God and become a ‘staretz’. 1955 J. D. Salinger in New Yorker 29 Jan. 36/2 He meets this person called a starets—some sort of terribly advanced religious person—and the starets tells him about a book called the ‘Philokalia’. 1966 A. Bloom Living Prayer v. 73 The Staretz Ambrose of Optina had the kind of vision which allowed him to see a person's real good. 1976 Christian 3 150 She was meeting..a man who was himself the spiritual soul of one of the greatest startzy (spiritual fathers) of the nineteenth century West, the Abbé Huvelin. 2001 P. P. Read Alice in Exile (2002) ii. v. 178 Have you been to the monastery? Well, the abbot there's her closest friend. And the starets, Father Yosef. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1729
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