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contemplatives

contemplatives is the plural of contemplative.

Meaning of contemplative

Noun

contemplative (plural contemplatives)

  1. Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.
    • Like the white page that surrounds the darkness of each letter you are reading here, eternity surrounds each heartbeat, and as the contemplative watches his breath, he can move out of time through the doorway which opens in the interval between each heartbeat.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 10

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Questions about contemplatives

What is contemplatives the plural of?
Contemplatives is the plural of contemplative.

Words near contemplatives in the dictionary

  1. contemplatist
  2. contemplatists
  3. contemplative
  4. contemplatively
  5. contemplativeness
  6. contemplatives
  7. contemplator
  8. contemplators
  9. contemplatrix
  10. contempn
  11. contempned

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