hearern.
/ˈhɪərə/, U.S. /ˈhɪ(ə)rər/ 1. † b. One who hears causes; a judge. Obsolete.
a. One who hears; an auditor, listener.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [noun] > hearer or listener
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intelligent1508
audient1550
listener1611
auditress1667
harker1825
describee1830
sayeea1902
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter v. 11 Þai shew stynkand wordes þat corumpis þe herers.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) James i. 23 An herere of the word, and not a doere.
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 150/2 The fruit of stryfe among the hyrers.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. i. 290 Thou wilt be like a louer presently, And tire the hearer with a booke of words. View more context for this quotation
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. §19 517 As in the proverbial Court at Dover, all Speakers and no Hearers.
1759 S. Johnson Idler 24 Mar. 89 He knows me to be a very patient hearer.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 145 Those who are present..ought to be impartial hearers of both the speakers.
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges xi. 10 The Lorde be hearer betwene vs.
2. One who receives oral instruction, or attends lectures or sermons; a disciple. Cf. audient n. and adj.
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society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > pupil > receiving oral instruction
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hearer1686
lecturee1900
1686 J. Dunton Lett. from New Eng. (1867) 59 Mr. Burroughs..formerly a hearer, and still a great lover, of my Reverend Father in Law, Dr. Samuel Annersly.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. 251 He was for a time one of Plato's hearers.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Apr. 14/1 The non-matriculated students, or ‘hearers’, at the four [Swiss] universities are about four hundred in number.
3. Church History. [translating Latin audiens.] One admitted to hear the Scriptures read and receive instruction, but not to the common worship of the church: applied to catechumens and penitents of the second order.
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society > faith > worship > preaching > catechesis > [noun] > one who undergoes > of second class
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1693 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Hist. Eccl. Writers II. 109 This sort of Catechumens were called Hearers, because they heard the Instructions which were given in the Church.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo iii, in Wks. (1721) III. 76 Within the hallow'd Door on either Hand, The Penitents advanc'd to Hearers stand.
1722 J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ VI. 534 St. Basil says expressly, they were hearers only, and not allowed to be present at any prayers whatsoever.
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