holy fool
English
Noun
holy fool (plural holy fools)
- (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) A person, often associated with gifts of prophecy and insight, who publicly acts as if mad or stupid, but whose madness is seen as concealing an inner sanctity for the purpose of self-humiliation.
- Synonyms: fool for Christ, yurodivy
Translations
person who publicy acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation
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See also
- fool-saint