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View synonyms for allegorist
allegorist
[ al-i-gawr-ist, -gohr-, al-i-ger-ist ]
noun
- a person who uses or writes allegory.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of allegorist1
First recorded in 1675–85; allegor(ize) + -ist
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Example Sentences
Whatever the primitive Semitic allegorist may have thought, work is a blessing, not a curse.
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To the allegorist, the fable or plot in epic or dramatic poetry was only a rind to cover attractively the kernel of truth.
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Such a story tempts the allegorist, and indeed the main drift of its meaning is unmistakable.
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Philo of Alexandria, the greatest allegorist of the day, has expounded the same history.
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Every tale is accompanied by the gloss of a pious allegorist.
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