noun
Meaning 1
An advocate of, or believer in theosophy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: theosopher, theosoph, theosophe
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
theosophist
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thē-ŏs′ə-ĭst
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US: /θiˈɑs əf ɪst/
noun
Meaning 2
a believer in theosophy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: believer, worshiper, worshipper
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English theosophy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English theosophist From theosophy + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: teosofi — an advocate of, or believer in theosophy
- Greek: θεοσοφιστής (theosofistís) — an advocate of, or believer in theosophy
- Hindi: थियोसोफिस्ट (thiyosophisṭ) — an advocate of, or believer in theosophy
- Russian: теосо́ф (teosóf) — an advocate of, or believer in theosophy
- Spanish: teósofo — an advocate of, or believer in theosophy
- Tagalog: batharunong — an advocate of, or believer in theosophy