theologer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the stem of Latin theologus or English theology +‎ -er; see -loger.[1]

Noun[edit]

theologer (plural theologers)

  1. A theologian.
    • 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: [] Richard Royston, [], →OCLC:
      it be concluded generally by theologers, that there is a natural justice and sanctity in the Deity

References[edit]

  1. ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Theologer”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes IX, Part 2 (Su–Th), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 274, column 1.