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symbologist

symbologist noun: one who studies symbols, especially those used in ancient religions or secret societies.

Noun

symbologist (plural symbologists)

  1. One who studies symbols, especially those used in ancient religions or secret societies.
    • Hindu, Egyptian, and other ancient religions, myths, and emblems were made to yield anything the symbologist wanted them to yield […]1888, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, page xi

Forms of symbologist

pluralsymbologists

Origin of symbologist

From symbol + -ologist.

Questions about symbologist

What does symbologist mean?
Symbologist means one who studies symbols, especially those used in ancient religions or secret societies.
What part of speech is symbologist?
Symbologist is a noun.
What is the plural of symbologist?
The plural of symbologist is symbologists.

Words near symbologist in the dictionary

  1. symbolling
  2. symbolofideism
  3. symbologenic
  4. symbological
  5. symbologies
  6. symbologist
  7. symbologists
  8. symbology
  9. symboloid
  10. symboloids
  11. symbololatry

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