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Stundist
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English
Alternative forms
en Shtundist
Etymology
From en ru -, probably from en de Stunde hour, from their meetings for Bible reading.
Noun
en 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
en Stundism