Meaning

4 senses
  1. A specialist in academic theology.

    Theologe, Theologin

    богосло́вbogoslóv, тео́логteólog

    теологteoloh, богосло́вbohoslóv

  2. (colloquial)Someone who studies theology.

    Seminarians are usually divided into philosophers and theologians, depending on their stage of formation.

    someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology

  3. A theological lecturer attached to a cathedral church.

  4. A person who has a personal knowledge of God through prayer, asceticism, and mystical experience.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. While the theologians speak, God has nothing to say.

    Поки теологи розмовляють, богу немає чого сказати.

    deSolange die Theologen reden, hat Gott nichts zu sagen.

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  2. Tom is a theologian.

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  3. The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

    deDer Arzt sieht den Menschen in seiner ganzen Schwäche, der Advokat in seiner ganzen Schlechtigkeit und der Priester in seiner ganzen Dummheit.

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  4. The Neanderthal was named after theologian Joachim Neander.

    deDas Neandertal ist nach dem Theologen Joachim Neander benannt.

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  5. The Neander Valley was named after theologian Joachim Neander.

    deDas Neandertal ist nach dem Theologen Joachim Neander benannt.

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Translations

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: theologians
Singulartheologian
Pluraltheologians

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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