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exegete
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter. vb. (context chiefly religion English) To interpret; to perform an exegesis.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one who expounds or interprets a literary production," 1730s, from Greek exegetes "an expounder, interpreter" (especially of the Bible), from exegeisthai (see exegesis ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exegetist \Ex`e*ge"tist\, n. One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; -- also called exegete .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts)
Usage examples of exegete.
But, as this method implied the acknowledgment of a sacred literature, Origen was an exegete who believed in the Holy Scriptures and indeed, at bottom, he viewed all theology as a methodical exegesis of Holy Writ.
We needed no commentators or exegetes on our simple Bible in those days.
Both as an exegete and as a typologist he appears as a disciple of the Pharisees.
Doctor planus et utilis, the famous exegete, was born at Lyra in Normandy, 1270.