/mol"euh kahn'/ , n.
a member of an ascetic religious sect, founded in Russia in the 18th century by former Doukhobors, opposing sacraments and ritual and stressing the authority of the Bible.
[ molokán (now usually molokánin, pl. -áne ), equiv. to molok ( ó ) MILK + -an n. suffix; orig. so named because they ate dairy products on fast days, contrary to Orthodox observance ]