Schleiermacher

American  

[shlahy-uhr-mah-khuhr] / ˈʃlaɪ ərˌmɑ xər /

noun

1. Friedrich Ernst Daniel 1768–1834, German theologian and philosopher.

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Schleiermacher British  

/ ˈʃlaiərˌmaxər /

noun

1. Friedrich Ernst Daniel (ˈfriːdrɪç ɛrnst ˈdaːnjeːl). 1768–1834, German Protestant theologian and philosopher. His works include The Christian Faith (1821–22)

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Example Sentences

A cohort of German Protestant thinkers such as Friedrich Schleiermacher theorized religion similarly—change was now progress, and liberal society clearly the heir to medieval religion.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pianist Steffen Schleiermacher, the ensemble’s artistic director, said in an email interview that in preparing that saxophone-piano suite, the group had conceived of the first movement’s piano part as “a relentless machine, almost like a fast techno beat with clear accentuation on the counts.”

From New York Times

Mr. Schleiermacher, comparing his group’s recording of the Largo with the scene from “Lucullus,” said that “there is indeed a certain similarity,” adding that both contain “echoes of liturgical recitative chants, almost psalmody.”

From New York Times

“The piano voice in ‘Jewish Dance’ often seems to imitate a drum set,” Mr. Schleiermacher wrote.

From New York Times

“Klee and Feininger were rather backward-orientated,” Steffen Schleiermacher, a pianist who has researched and recorded music of the Bauhaus, said in an interview.

From New York Times