theologian
/ˌθi.əˈloʊd͡ʒən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A specialist in academic theology.
noun
A theological lecturer attached to a cathedral church.
noun
A person who has a personal knowledge of God through prayer, asceticism, and mystical experience.
Example Sentences
- "Of all the theologians of his age, Hooker was the most unpuritan; […]"
- "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."
- "Seminarians are usually divided into philosophers and theologians, depending on their stage of formation."
Etymology
From Old French theologien, equivalent to theology + -an.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌθi.əˈloʊd͡ʒən/
- British English: /ˌθi.əˈləʊd͡ʒən/