Stundist

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noun

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.

OriginGerman Stunde →
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Meanings

nounStundist (plural Stundists)

plural Stundists · alternative Shtundist

  1. historicalA 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.

Origin

  1. GermanStunde“hour”
  2. EnglishStundist

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

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APA

Stundist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stundist

MLA

“Stundist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stundist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stundist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stundist.

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