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Khlyst

[ klist ]

noun

, plural Khlys·ty [kli-, stee], Khlysts.
  1. a member of a rigorously ascetic Russian sect originating in the 17th century and believing that each successive leader of the sect was an incarnation of Christ.

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Origin of Khlyst1

1855–60; < Russian: literally, whip

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