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A spiritual adviser, often a monk or religious hermit (not necessarily a priest), in the [[Eastern Orthodox ]] Church. Plural is ''startsy''. [Russian, elder, starets, from Old Church Slavonic ''starĭtsĭ'', elder, from ''starŭ'', old.]
==Source and Audio Pronunciation==
http://www.answers.com/Starets