Angelistn.
/ˈeɪndʒəlɪst/, /ˈeɪndʒl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈeɪndʒələst/ Chiefly historical. rare after 18th cent.
A person who holds heretical or unorthodox beliefs regarding angels; esp. a person who worships or venerates angels. Cf. angelic n. 1.
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Angelist1583
1583 Answeare Def. Censure Charkes Bk. f. 15 The Angelists gaue diuine honour to the angels.
1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 49 Nazianzen [was] an Angelist.
a1797 W. Mason Conjectural Ess. Angels in Wks. (1811) IV. 236 An old heretical sect among Christians who worshipped Angels..; that these persons were called Αγγελικοι, or Angelists.
1960 Furrow 11 455 ‘Angelists’..would have it that man is meant to be an angel and not a composite of soul and body.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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