colloquent
colloquent noun: one who takes part in a colloquy.
Noun
colloquent (plural colloquents)
- One who takes part in a colloquy.
- Upon that account it was, that the ſix Colloquents, or perſons that were appointed to ſpeak and plead for them the ſaid Remonſtrants, at the Conference of the Hague, preſented a Memorial to the States of Holland, on the 26th of January, containing a ſhort account of the riſe of the eccleſiaſtical...1721, Gerard Brandt, translated by [John] Chamberlayne, The History of the Reformation, and Other Ecclesiastical Transactions in and about the Low-Countries, from the Beginning of the Eighth Century...
- The colloquents chosen on the part of the Buffalo Synod were the pastors H. K. G. von Rohr, Chr. Hochstetter, and P. Brand, and the lay delegates E. Schorr from Buffalo, H. A. Christiansen from Detroit, Mich., and Chr. Krull from Bergholz near Buffalo. […] The colloquents appointed did not, it is...1867 January 15, “The Colloquium at Buffalo”, in F. A. Schmidt, editor, The Lutheran Watchman, volume 2, number 2, Decorah, Ia., page 10
- Synonyms:
- colloquist
Examples of colloquent in a sentence
- The colloquents chosen on the part of the Buffalo Synod were the pastors H.1867 January 15, “The Colloquium at Buffalo”, in F. A. Schmidt, editor, The Lutheran Watchman, volume 2, number 2, Decorah, Ia., page 10:
- Because the omission of all historical data in working out the theses was evidently not conducive to a full understanding on the part of the colloquents.1929, The Lutheran Witness, volume 48, Concordia Publishing House, page 231:
- Schmidt were retained as a colloquent. […] On the last named date, telegraphic reports were released to the effect that the colloquents had come to a full agreement on the doctrine of Election.1943, S[igurd] C[hristian] Ylvisaker, Chr. Anderson, G[eorge] O. Lillegard, editors, Grace for Grace: Brief History of the Norwegian Synod...
Synonyms of colloquent
Forms of colloquent
| plural | colloquents |
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Questions about colloquent
- What does colloquent mean?
- Colloquent means one who takes part in a colloquy.
- How do you use colloquent in a sentence?
- The colloquents chosen on the part of the Buffalo Synod were the pastors H.
- What part of speech is colloquent?
- Colloquent is a noun.
- What is the plural of colloquent?
- The plural of colloquent is colloquents.
Words near colloquent in the dictionary
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