Stundist

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.
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