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a sect of Raskolniks (q.v.), or dissenters from the Russo-Greek Church. They derived their name from the äéÜêïíïò or deacon Alexander, their founder. He belonged to the Church at Veska, but separated from it in 1706, in consequence of a dispute which had arisen relative to some ecclesiastical ceremonies.