nasel'nik i svyazochka -- again

[William Ryan]

Steve,
I didn't know Chalenko's dictionary - thanks for the tip; I'll get it.
'Vestals' suggests a level of syncretism I had not previously been aware
of! And while we are word-hunting in the spiritual realm, can you or
anyone suggest the source of the words 'chernoknizhie, chernoknizhnik'.
The earliest occurence I can find is in the report of the trial of
Maksim Grek. It occurs mostly in religious and legal texts thereafter.
It looks like a calque but there appears to be no model in Greek, Latin
or German. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Will

> I too have done some additional searching. In O.T. Chalenko's
> "Russian-English Religious Dictionary" (Moskva, "Nauka," 1998, 158 s.,
> tirazh 1200 ekz.), we find the following: "nasel'nicy mn. nuns,
> vestals." Chalenko's gem of a book does not contain the word
> "svyazochka," which only goes to underscore further the non-specific
> nature of the word.

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