theologue
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of theologue
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin theologus < Greek theológos. See theo-, -logue ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Courtland's preaching was not of the usual cut-and-dried order of the young theologue.
From The Witness by Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill
This is why the average theologue, in his first parish, is like the well-meaning but meddling engineer endeavoring with clumsy tools and insensitive fingers to adjust the delicate and complicated mechanism of a Genevan watch.
From Preaching and Paganism by Fitch, Albert Parker
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 Stark, Harriet
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 Roe, Edward Payson
Her pet brother, the one next older than herself, a promising young theologue, was coming home to spend Thanksgiving.
From Taken Alive by Roe, Edward Payson
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