Meanings
nountheologaster (plural theologasters)
plural theologasters
- rareA poor theologian; someone who merely pretends to be a theologian.
But why should the sun and moon be angry, or take exceptions at mathematicians and philosophers, whenas the like measure is offered unto God Himself, by a company of theologasters?
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 3
Origin
- Latintheologus
- Englishtheologaster
From Latin theologus + -aster.
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Italian teologastro
- teologastroTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with theologaster
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theologaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theologaster
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“theologaster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theologaster. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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