theologist
Americannoun
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 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 Thomas Inman
It is a kind of fair, full of stalls, wares, and shopkeepers: in which the theologist sells his stuff, which at the same time supplies food and warmth.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
This proves that he had come from his conversation with Jesus a more able theologist than he had begun it.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach
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