theologaster
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin theologus + -aster.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]theologaster (plural theologasters)
- (rare) A poor theologian; someone who merely pretends to be a theologian.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, II.ii.3:
- But why should the sun and moon be angry, or take exceptions at mathematicians and philosophers, whenas the like measure is offered unto God Himself, by a company of theologasters?
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