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.]
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.]