theologian

Definition

One who studies theology.

Etymology

From Old French theologien, equivalent to theology + -an.

Example Sentences

• "During a burping contest to celebrate wonderfully cold soft drinks after a long hike one hot afternoon, one little girl said, "My dad can outburp any of you!" Her father is a distinguished theologian and church leader whom I will not name here."
• "Cone, who once called himself “the angriest theologian in America,” is still angry. […] Niebuhr’s decision not to speak out against lynching encouraged other white theologians and ministers to follow suit, Cone said, because Niebuhr was considered the nation’s greatest theologian."
• "Of all the theologians of his age, Hooker was the most unpuritan; […]"

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