kolot

Updated: June 13, 2025

At first they took the form of hospitals for the sick, or asylums for the aged and infirm, but soon they became regular monasteries, the superiors of which exercised an undefined spiritual authority not only over the inmates, but also over the members of the sect throughout the length and breadth of the Empire. * The term is derived from two Russian words ras, asunder; and kolot, to split.

Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace - Russia