Molokan
noun
Mol·o·kan
ˌmäləˈkän
plural Molokans
-nz
also Molokani -nē
: a member of a religious sect originating in Russia as an offshoot of the Doukhobors, becoming an antiritualistic group stressing the authority of the Bible, and calling themselves Spiritual Christians
Word History
Etymology
Russian, from moloko milk; probably from the dietary laws of the sect that permit milk drinking during Lent
- as daft as a brush
- as dark as pitch
- as dead as a dodo
- as dead as a doornail
- as deaf as a post
- as distinct from
- as distinguished from
- as drunk as a lord
- as drunk as a skunk
- as dry as a bone
- as dull as dishwater
- as dull as ditchwater
- as easy as abc
- as easy as falling off a log
- as easy as pie
- as ever
- as evidenced by
- as far as
- as far as (someone) is concerned
- as far as (something) is concerned
- as far as goes
- as far as i can tell
- discase
- discased
- discases