theologern.
/θiːˈɒlədʒə/ Now rare.
One who studies or busies himself with theology; = theologian n. (but now with less implication of scholarship).
a. In reference to Christianity or other monotheistic religion.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > theologian > [noun]
diviner1377
theologian1483
theologuea1500
theologicianc1560
theologer1588
theologist1641
divine1662
theologant1678
pantheologist1727
anthroposophist1851
theologizer1857–8
1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 37 After which last maner may our diuines, or Theologers be termed prophets, but not otherwise.
1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 39 Supposing them [conclusions] true,..till such time as some able Philosopher or Theologer shall convince me of their falshood.
1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 376 To make me a theologer, that I might be an able defender of the Creed of St. Athanasius.
1849 O. A. Brownson Wks. VII. 16 The theological speculations of theologers, as he [Dr. Bushnell] contemptuously calls them.
b. In reference to pagan religions.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > theologian > [noun] > non-Christian
divinea1387
divinera1387
theologian1603
theologer1609
theologista1638
theologizer1686
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 166 That..Goddesse Themis, whom..the antient Theologers have shrined in the verie bed and throne of Jupiter.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe Pref. sig. **v The Pagan Theologers..acknowledged One Sovereign..Deity, from which all their other Gods were Generated or Created.
1724 A. Collins Disc. Grounds Christian Relig. i. xi. 83 Allegory was in use among the Pagans; being cultivated by many of the Philosophers themselves as well as by Theologers.
1876 J. S. Blackie Lang. & Lit. Sc. Highlands ii. 79 The ‘Works and Days’ of the old Bœotian theologer [Hesiod].
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