theologizer

English

Etymology

From theologize +‎ -er.

Noun

theologizer (plural theologizers)

1. One who theologizes; a theologian.
   • 1686 (indicated as 1685–1686), Robert Boyle, “A Free Inquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature: […]”, in The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. […], volume IV, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], published 1744, →OCLC, section IV, page 375, column 1:

     And vve are taught by Euſebius, that the antient Ægyptian theologizers, vvhoſe religion was neer of kin to that of the Chaldeans, if not borrovved of it, looked upon the ſun and moon, vvhom they vvorſhipped under the names of Oſiris and Iſis, not only as the chief gods, but as the makers and governors of much, if not of all, of the reſt of the univerſe.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “theologizer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)