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Scotist

Scotist noun: a follower of John Duns Scotus, Franciscan scholar, who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology in opposition to the Thomists.

Noun

Scotist (plural Scotists)

  1. A follower of John Duns Scotus, Franciscan scholar, who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology in opposition to the Thomists.
    • […] it should be remembered that their poets and rabbis of the middle ages were contemporary with the Scotists and Thomists, with the pseudo-platonism and peripateticism of Christendom.1842, The Saint Petersburg English Review of Literature

Forms of Scotist

pluralScotists

Origin of Scotist

From Scotus + -ist.

Questions about Scotist

What does Scotist mean?
Scotist means a follower of John Duns Scotus, Franciscan scholar, who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology in opposition to the Thomists.
What part of speech is Scotist?
Scotist is a noun.
What is the plural of Scotist?
The plural of Scotist is Scotists.

Words near Scotist in the dictionary

  1. Scotifying
  2. scotino
  3. scotinos
  4. Scotish
  5. Scotism
  6. Scotist
  7. Scotistic
  8. Scotistical
  9. Scotists
  10. Scotize
  11. Scotized

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