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summist

summist noun: someone who writes a summa; somene who sums up or writes a summary, especially of theological nature.

Noun

summist (plural summists)

  1. Someone who writes a summa; somene who sums up or writes a summary, especially of theological nature.
    • a. 1576, Edward Dering, lecture
      laws of the pope , giuen by Summists and Canonists

Forms of summist

pluralsummists

Origin of summist

From sum + -ist.

Questions about summist

What does summist mean?
Summist means someone who writes a summa; somene who sums up or writes a summary, especially of theological nature.
What part of speech is summist?
Summist is a noun.
What is the plural of summist?
The plural of summist is summists.

Words near summist in the dictionary

  1. summing-up
  2. summing-ups
  3. summings
  4. summings up
  5. summings-up
  6. summist
  7. summists
  8. summit
  9. Summit County
  10. summit disease
  11. summit diseases

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