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merit-monger

merit-monger is the alternative form of meritmonger.

Meaning of meritmonger

Noun

meritmonger (plural meritmongers)

  1. (obsolete) One who depends on merit for salvation.
    • justifying faith, against merit-mongers and pardoners1794, Joseph Milner, The History of the Church of Christ

Forms of merit-monger

pluralmerit-mongers

Questions about merit-monger

What is merit-monger the alternative form of?
Merit-monger is the alternative form of meritmonger.

Words near merit-monger in the dictionary

  1. merit fields
  2. merit good
  3. merit goods
  4. merit-badging
  5. merit-based
  6. merit-monger
  7. merit-mongers
  8. meritable
  9. Meritage
  10. Meritages
  11. merited

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