glossator
Americannoun
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a person who writes glosses; glossarist.
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one of the medieval interpreters of the Roman and canon laws.
noun
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Also called: glossarist. glossist. glossographer. a writer of glosses and commentaries, esp (in the Middle Ages) an interpreter of Roman and Canon Law
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a compiler of a glossary
Other Word Forms
- glossatorial adjective
Etymology
Origin of glossator
1350–1400; Middle English glosator < Medieval Latin glōssātor commentator, equivalent to glōssā ( re ) to explain, interpret ( gloss 2 ) + Latin -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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Thus the glossator writes: "After learning the sacred rites," he desires to know the absolute.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava
Bogislaf XIV., who as a truth-loving, amicable, and pious glossator, has annotated so many places in our text, found this "last and happy hour," which he had so long desired, on the 10th March 1637.
From Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 2 by Meinhold, Wilhelm
A glossator has added in LA the marginal note "Priests formerly wore cowls."
From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart
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