civilist

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin civilista, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cīvīlis (“civil (law)”), on the pattern of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin canonista (“canonist”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin canōn (“rule”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

civilist (plural civilists)

  1. (obsolete) One who studies or works with the civil law.
  2. (obsolete, theology) One who rejects the moral authority of Christ but who nevertheless adheres to a moral code in line with “civil righteousness” and “good citizenship”.
  3. (obsolete) A statesman, politician, or student of the political sciences.

References

  1. ^ “†civilist” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

Swedish

Noun

civilist c

  1. civilian

Declension

Declension of civilist
nominative genitive
singular indefinite civilist civilists
definite civilisten civilistens
plural indefinite civilister civilisters
definite civilisterna civilisternas

Synonyms

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