Rhemistn.
/ˈriːmɪst/, U.S. /ˈrimɪst/ Now rare.
In plural (with the). The authors of the Rhemish translation of the New Testament and its commentary, regarded collectively. See Rhemish adj.
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1584 Counter-poyson 26 His agreement with the papists, and namely with the Romish Remists Testament, doth notably appeare.
1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. C2v We call it very well Circumcision, and vncircumcision, though the Remists (of purpose be like to varie from Geneua) will needs bring in Prepuse.
1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie i. xviii. 100 It is a cunning tricke of the Rhemists, and their Vulgar, in stead of Their Wiues, to reade, The Women.
1648 J. Owen Death of Death iii. x. 162 The vulgar latine once reads promeretur..and the Rhemists, to preserve the sound, have rendered it promerited.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Bible Dr. Fulke.., who refuted the Rhemists with great spirit and learning.
1798 J. Hey Lect. Divinity IV. xxv. 197 Fulke seems to me to answer the Rhemists completely.
1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. lxvii Cartwright's answer to the Rhemist's Testament.
1903 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 7 497 By following the order of the Greek and placing the emphatic word first, the Rhemists bring out more distinctly the force of the original.
2008 J. Doles Miracles & Manifestations Holy Spirit vi. 125/1 Cartwright, the learned opponent of the Rhemists.
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1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xiii. 4) iv. 30 The manifest mistake of the Vulgar Latine, and Rhemist-English translation.
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