strə̇ˈgälnik noun
( plural strigolniks -ks ; also strigolni·ki -nəkē)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Russian Strigol'nik, literally, cutter, shearer; akin to Old Slavic strišti to cut, shear, Latin stringere to touch lightly, graze; from the practice ascribed to the sect's leader of himself cutting the hair of new converts — more at strike
: one of a Russian sect that broke away from the Eastern Orthodox Church in the 14th century in protest against the practice of charging fees for the administration of sacraments