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theologist

American  
[thee-ol-uh-jist] / θiˈɒl ə dʒɪst /

noun

  1. an uncommon variant of theologian.


Etymology

Origin of theologist

First recorded in 1635–45; theology ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Francis has never been seen as a liberation theologist, but he is clearly more open to its ideas than were John Paul or Benedict.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2016

His first brush with the Holy Office resulted in nothing more than an eloquent, friendly warning from the great theologist, Cardinal Bellarmin.

From Time Magazine Archive

The causes that make these racial distinctions should be of interest alike to the moralist, theologist, sociologist, and to the physician.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles

Should anyone think this picture over-strained, I can assure him that it is taken from nature and from truth; but I will not likewise aver that the theologist was neither crazed nor inebriated.

From The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by Hogg, James

"The theologist places around him the heads of a ram, a bull, a lion, and a dragon, and assigns him first both the male and female sex."

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas

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