temptator

plural temptators

1. obsoleterareSynonym of tempter.

   If the temptator ſaye, thou haſte not kepte the lawe of god, wherfore thou arte accurſed.

   [1540], Rycharde Tracy, transl., Of the Preparation to the Crosse, and to Deathe, and of the Comforte vnder the Crosse and Deathe, Two Bokes Very Fruictefull for Deuoute People to Rede, Translated from Latyn to Englysshe, [London]: [ […] Thomæ Bertheleti […]]

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   Firſt they be Imitators; next, Mutators; thirdly, Temptators; and lastly, your Plantators, in all the varieties of vanity.

   1640, William Lithgow, The Totall Discourse, of the Rare Adventures, and Painefull Peregrinations of Long Nineteene Yeares Travailes from Scotland, to the Most Famous Kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and Affrica. […], London: […] I. Okes, page 443

   But Satan from the ſpecial Frailty of our Nature, is an overmatch for moſt Men, if the Aſſiſtance of divine Power, does not interpoſe: Tho’ in the ſpecial Compoſition of Man, he hath Abilities enough to confound this Temptator in his utmoſt Power and Subtlety, if duly exerted.

   1641, John Roche, Moravian Heresy. Wherein the Principal Errors of That Doctrine, as Taught Throughout Several Parts of Europe and America, by Count Zinzendorf, Mr. Cennick, and Other Moravian Teachers, Are Fully Set Forth, Proved, and Refuted. […], Dublin: […] the Author, page 135

   Synonyms: tempter