Stundist

== English == === Alternative forms === Shtundist === Etymology === From Russian, probably from German Stunde (“hour”), from their meetings for Bible reading. === Noun === Stundist (plural Stundists) (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