atheologian
atheologian noun: a person who is not a theologian, especially one who opposes theology.
Noun
atheologian (plural atheologians)
- A person who is not a theologian, especially one who opposes theology.
- I leaue heere to your owne conſiderations, the places, examples, and authorities of holy Scripture,which are miſtaken, and this Monſiure might alleage. For of this aſſure your ſelues, theſe Atheologians, or maimed Diuines, will no more faile therein, then the Negromancers do, in the inuocation of...1602, Étienne Pasquier, “The third Booke of the Ieſuits Catechiſme”, in The Ieſuites Catechiſme. Or Examination of their doctrine, page 135
- They of your ſociety , as they tooke their originall from a ſouldier,ſo they are the onely Atheologians whoſe heades entertaine no other obiect but the tumult of realmes; […]1603, John Hayward, chapter 8, in An Answer to the First Part of a Certaine Conference, Concerning Svccesion, Pvblished not long ſince vnder the name of R. Dolman, London: […] Simon Waterſon,and...
Forms of atheologian
| plural | atheologians |
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Origin of atheologian
From a- + theologian, or atheology + -an.
Questions about atheologian
- What does atheologian mean?
- Atheologian means a person who is not a theologian, especially one who opposes theology.
- What part of speech is atheologian?
- Atheologian is a noun.
- What is the plural of atheologian?
- The plural of atheologian is atheologians.
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