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 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
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 Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)
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