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summist

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone who writes a summa; somene who sums up or writes a summary, especially of theological nature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a. 1576, Edward Dering, lecture laws of the pope , giuen by Summists and Canonists

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History

Etymology

From sum + -ist.