Definition of: Stundist

(sht oobreve n′dist) noun
A member of a Russian body of Christians originating among peasants about 1860. As fundamentalists, the Stundists rejected forms and ceremonies, took only the Bible as their guide, and emphasized brotherly love and the need to labor: they were subjected to persecution. [<Russian shtundist' <G stunde hour, lesson]
—Stun′dism noun