† quodlibetistn.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who deals in or writes quodlibets (quodlibet n. 1).
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society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > theologian > [noun] > one who discusses quodlibets
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [noun] > exercise in > dealer in
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1603 T. Bell Anat. Popish Tyrannie iii. 134 Our quodlibetist telleth vs in another place, that the Iesuites affirmed the pope, to haue erred in absoluing the French king.
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. viii. vi. 1266 These became acute Schoolemen, Sententraries, Questionists, Summists, Quodlibetists, [etc.].
a1640 W. Fenner Hidden Manna (1652) 22 These heretical Opinionists, schimatical [sic] Quodlibetists.
1737 J. Ozell in tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. vii. 51 (note) This Tartaret had a long Dispute with another Quodlibetist of that House, touching the right pronouncing the Word mihi.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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