meriter
/ˈmɛɹɪtɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone or something that merits.
Example Sentences
- "Not that it is not wrought as well by the other persons, beeing a worke without themselues: for the Father reneweth as beeing the foundation and fountaine not of the Deitie alone, but of all diuine actions and good things whatsoeuer: and the Son reneweth as the Mediator and meriter of it."
- "If receiving Chriſt as a Satisfier and Meriter, be the only faith that gives right to Juſtification, then on the ſame grounds you muſt ſay, It is the only faith that gives right to further Sanctification and to Glorification: For Chriſt Merited one as vvell as the other."
- "That Iesus the Lord, became, in the Flesh, a Sacrificer, and Sacrifice for Sin; A Satisfaction, and Price, to the Iustice, of God; A Meriter, of Glory, and the Kingdom[…]"
Etymology
From merit + -er.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɛɹɪtɚ/
- British English: /ˈmɛɹɪtə/