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modalist

modalist adjective: of or pertaining to modalism.

Adjective

modalist (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to modalism.

Noun

modalist (plural modalists)

  1. A believer in modalism.
    • Modalists, those who look on Father, Son as mere names of modes of being[…]1862, John Eadie, The ecclesiastical cyclopædia

Forms of modalist

pluralmodalists

Origin of modalist

From modal + -ist.

Questions about modalist

What does modalist mean?
Modalist means of or pertaining to modalism.
What part of speech is modalist?
Modalist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near modalist in the dictionary

  1. modalised
  2. modalises
  3. modalising
  4. modalism
  5. modalisms
  6. modalist
  7. modalistic
  8. modalistically
  9. modalists
  10. modalities
  11. modality

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