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temptator

temptator noun: synonym of tempter.

Noun

temptator (plural temptators)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of tempter.
    • If the temptator ſaye, thou haſte not kepte the lawe of god, wherfore thou arte accurſed.[1540], Rycharde Tracy, transl., Of the Preparation to the Crosse, and to Deathe, and of the Comforte vnder the Crosse and Deathe, Two Bokes Very Fruictefull for Deuoute People to Rede, Translated...
    • Firſt they be Imitators; next, Mutators; thirdly, Temptators; and lastly, your Plantators, in all the varieties of vanity.1640, William Lithgow, The Totall Discourse, of the Rare Adventures, and Painefull Peregrinations of Long Nineteene Yeares Travailes from Scotland, to the Most Famous Kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and...
    Synonyms:
    tempter

Synonyms of temptator

Forms of temptator

pluraltemptators

Origin of temptator

From Middle English temptatour, from Latin temptātor.

Questions about temptator

What does temptator mean?
Temptator means synonym of tempter.
What part of speech is temptator?
Temptator is a noun.
What is the plural of temptator?
The plural of temptator is temptators.

Words near temptator in the dictionary

  1. temptational
  2. temptationless
  3. temptations
  4. temptatious
  5. temptative
  6. temptator
  7. temptators
  8. tempted
  9. tempted fate
  10. tempter
  11. tempters

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