A starets is a religious teacher or adviser.
Un starets es un maestro o consejero religioso.
| Front | starets \STAHR-its, -yits\ plural startsy \STAHRT-see\ |
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| Back | noun A religious teacher or adviser. "Grigori Rasputin, was neither mad nor a monk, but an unconventional starets." [From Russian starets (elder). In the Eastern Orthodox Church a starets is a spiritual adviser who is not necessarily a priest.] |
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