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Bogomilist

Bogomilist noun: an adherent of Bogomilism; a Bogomil.

Noun

Bogomilist (plural Bogomilists)

  1. An adherent of Bogomilism; a Bogomil.
    • Bogomilists rejected the divinity of Jesus, the worship of images, baptism, the ornamentation of churches, etc.2002, Abul-Fazl Ezzati, The Spread of Islam: The Contributing Factors, Revised edition, page 435
    • Persecution by Christians seemed to exterminate it from Europe by the 7th century AD, but offshoots of it kept springing to the surface, in the Bogomilists of Bulgaria in the 10th century and most famously in the Albigensians or 'Kathars' of Albi, in the south of France,[…].2002, Vladimir Dimitrov, Bob Hodge, Social Fuzziology: Study of Fuzziness of Social Complexity, page 148

Adjective

Bogomilist

  1. Of, pertaining to or adhering to Bogomilism.
    • But the uniquely disastrous effect of Catholic policy in causing a schism between Bogomilist Bosnia and Catholic Croatia soon was to manifest itself in the fight over Tvrdko's inheritance.1964, Stanko Guldescu, History of Medieval Croatia, page 256
    • More specifically, Pynchon's characterization of the sect reveals a point of essential compatibility, one in which Cyprian's Bogomilist suspension of belief in the doctrine of a final judgment can be viewed as complementary to Orphism's rejection of an ultimate eschatological scene.2006, Christopher K. Coffman, 5: Bogomilism, Orphism, Shamanism: The Physical and Spatial Grounds of Pynchon's Ecological Ethic, Jeffrey Severs, Christopher Leise, Pynchon's Against the Day: A...

Examples of Bogomilist in a sentence

  • […]existed among the many Christian Gnostics, Cathars, Bogomilists, and other forms of Christianity that were influenced by Origen on this question.2015, Shaul Magid, “Chapter 6: The Case of Jewish Arianism: The Pre-existence of the Zaddik in Early Hasidism”, in Brian Ogren, editor...
  • It seems likely though, that something of the Manichean and Bogomilist attitude toward dead bodies enters into the picture.2009, Jay Stevenson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vampires, page 92:

Forms of Bogomilist

pluralBogomilists

Questions about Bogomilist

What does Bogomilist mean?
Bogomilist means an adherent of Bogomilism; a Bogomil.
How do you use Bogomilist in a sentence?
[…]existed among the many Christian Gnostics, Cathars, Bogomilists, and other forms of Christianity that were influenced by Origen on this question.
What part of speech is Bogomilist?
Bogomilist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Bogomilist?
The plural of Bogomilist is Bogomilists.

Words near Bogomilist in the dictionary

  1. Bogomiles
  2. Bogomilian
  3. Bogomilianism
  4. Bogomilians
  5. Bogomilism
  6. Bogomilist
  7. Bogomilists
  8. Bogomils
  9. BogoMIPS
  10. Bogomol
  11. bogon

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