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One of a large sect of Russian dissenters founded, about 1860, in the village of Osnova, near Odessa, by a peasant, Onishchenko, who had apparently been influenced by a German sect settled near there. They zealously prac…

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  1. One of a large sect of Russian dissenters founded, about 1860, in the village of Osnova, near Odessa, by a peasant, Onishchenko, who had apparently been influenced by a German sect settled near there. They zealously practice Bible reading and reject priestly dominion and all external rites of worship. -- Stun"dism (#), n.
  2. One of a large sect of Russian dissenters founded, about 1860,in the village of Osnova, near Odessa, by a peasant, Onishchenko, whohad apparently been influenced by a German sect settled near there.They zealously practice Bible reading and reject priestly dominionand all external rites of worship. -- Stun"dism (#), n.