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† civilist Obs.
[ad. med.L. civilista (used by Fortescue De Laud. Leg. Angl. viii.), f. L. cīvīlis civil (law), after canonista canonist.]
1. = civilian 1.
1549Compl. Scot. Prol. 10 As necessair, as..ane cordinar, charpenteir, captan, ciuilist, or ony vthir crafft or sciens. a1631Donne Ess. Divinity (1651) 54 The Civilists have dignified the word Privilege. c1725W. Orem Hist. Aberdeen in Bibl. Top. Brit. (1782) V. iii. 136 Patrick Gordon..was made civilist at the King's restoration; and..exchanged the said office with this office of humanist [= Professor of Humanity].
2. Theol. = civilian 2.
1626W. Fenner Hidden Manna (1652) A 10 b, The luke-warmling and the civilist, his own knowledge in the Scripture tels him he must live holier and ferventlier.
†3. A political student, a politician. Obs.
1736Warburton Alliance. Ch. & State i. v. Wks. 1811 VII. 55 If as a religionist he entered into society..as a civilist he constituted a commonwealth. |