Harmonist
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who shows the agreement of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four Biblical evangelists.
"The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order."
- 2 A member of the Harmony Society, a Christian theosophy and pietist society founded in Germany in 1785. historical
- 3 One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a composer.
Example
More examples"The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order."
Etymology
From harmony + -ist. Compare French harmoniste.
From harmony + -ist.
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