Stundist

English

Alternative forms

• Shtundist

Etymology

From Russian, probably from German Stunde (“hour”), from their meetings for Bible reading.

Noun

Stundist (plural Stundists)

1. (historical) A member of a large sect of Russian radical Protestant dissenters founded near Odessa around 1860, who adhere to a literal reading of the Bible and reject priestly dominion and all external rites of worship, influenced by German Protestant settlers.

Related terms

• Stundism