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theologaster|θiːɒləˈgæstə(r)|
[a. med.L. theologaster (Luther 1518), f. theolog-us theologian: see -aster.]
A shallow or paltry theologian; a smatterer or pretender in theology.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. iii, The like measure is offered unto God himself by a company of theologasters. 1642H. More Song Soul Interpr. Words, Superficiall conceited Theologasters..having but the surface and thin imagination of divinity. 1744Warburton Rem. Occas. Refl. i. App. 134 This sorely distresses our Theologaster. 1888Schaff Hist. Chr. Ch. VI. iii. lix. 322 The furious decree of the Parisian theologasters.
Hence theoloˈgastric a., of or pertaining to a theologaster; in quot. as n. a theologaster.
1894Froude Erasmus' Life & Lett. iv. 65, I am speaking merely of the theologastrics of our own time, whose brains are the rottenest. |