starets
Example Sentences
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“Well, the starets tells him about the Jesus Prayer first of all. ‘
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
“Do you want to hear what the special method of praying was that the starets told him about?” she asked.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Sergius obeyed the starets, showed his letter to the Abbot, and having obtained his permission, gave up his cell, handed all his possessions over to the monastery, and set out for the Tambov hermitage.
From Father Sergius by Maude, Louise Shanks
He was so alarmed that he wrote about it to the starets.
From Father Sergius by Maude, Louise Shanks
In general all this time he lived not by his own will but by that of the starets, and in this obedience he found a special tranquillity.
From Father Sergius by Maude, Louise Shanks
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
