Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One skilled in exegetical theology; an exegete.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; -- also called
exegete .
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- noun One versed in the science of
exegesis orinterpretation .
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Examples
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But this objection likewise falls to the ground, because a German exegetist supposes that Jonah must have taken refuge in the floating body of a dead whale — even as the French soldiers in the Russian campaign turned their dead horses into tents, and crawled into them.
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Jerome is a, more learned exegetist, better equipped in respect of Scriptural erudition; he is even purer in his style; but, despite his impetuous ardour, he is less animated, less striking, than his correspondent of Hippo.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The Bible has been sifted again and again; its history is known, every word has been weighed, and it is difficult to imagine the most scrupulous exegetist throwing a search light into any unexplored corner.
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But I must not appear to my correspondent as an exegetist.
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Reusch grew odious to him, and he revenged himself for the hypocrisy of other hours by fierce scorn, cast audibly at this laborious exegetist.
Born in Exile George Gissing 1880
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He was obliged to become controversialist, jurist, exegetist, and theologian.
The Life of Jesus Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 1863
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(Chambers defines an exegetist as one who interprets or expounds.)
The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860
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He was obliged to become controversialist, jurist, exegetist, and theologian.
The Life of Jesus Ernest Renan 1857
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But this objection likewise falls to the ground, because a German exegetist supposes that Jonah must have taken refuge in the floating body of a dead whale -- even as the French soldiers in the Russian campaign turned their dead horses into tents, and crawled into them.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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But this objection likewise falls to the ground, because a German exegetist supposes that Jonah must have taken refuge in the floating body of a
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
madmouth commented on the word exegetist
"...this objection likewise falls to the ground, because a German exegetist supposes that Jonah must have taken refuge in the floating body of a DEAD whale--even as the French soldiers in the Russian campaign turned their dead horses into tents, and crawled into them."
Moby-Dick, ch. 83
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June 15, 2009