Bezpopovets

noun

Bez·po·po·vets | \ ˌbes-pə-ˈpȯ-vəts, ˌbez-\

plural Bezpopovtsy\ ˌbes-pə-ˈpȯft-sē , ˌbez- \

Definition of Bezpopovets

: a member of a Raskolnik priestless sect in Russia — compare popovets

History and Etymology for Bezpopovets

Russian, from bez without (from Old Russian) + popov- (plural stem of pop priest, from Old High German pfaffo, from Gothic papa, from Late Greek papas, from Greek, father) + -ets, agent suffix; akin to Old Slavic & Polish bez without, Lithuanian bè, Sanskrit bahis outside

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