theologue

American  

[thee-uh-lawg, -log] / ˈθi əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /

Or theolog

noun

1. a theological student.

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Etymology

Origin of theologue

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin theologus < Greek theológos. See theo-, -logue ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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theologue

Her pet brother, the one next older than herself, a promising young theologue, was coming home to spend Thanksgiving.

From Taken Alive by Edward Payson Roe

The theologue and the congregation didn't get out till you said yes, I remember!

From The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day by Harriet Stark

Now, look here, Stanhope," cried George, barring all egress by planting his back against the door, "do you take me, a half- fledged theologue, for a heathen?

From Taken Alive by Edward Payson Roe

Father Fray Juan Bautista de Montoya was the most notable man in laws and moral causes that has been in the islands, and was no less a very great theologue.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

Mrs. Akemit was not only like St. Paul, "all things to all men," but she had gone a step beyond that excellent theologue.

From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Harry Leon Wilson

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