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pluralist
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pluralist has 3 senses
- pluralist(n = noun.person) Array - a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time; Array is a kind of churchman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic
- pluralist(n = noun.person) Array - a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature; Array is a kind of philosopher
- pluralist(n = noun.person) Array - someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society; Array is a kind of liberal, liberalist, progressive
Derived form noun pluralism3
Derived form noun pluralism2
Derived form noun pluralism1
CIDE DICTIONARY
pluralist, n.
A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice. [1913 Webster]
"Of the parochial clergy, a large proportion were pluralists."
[1913 Webster]
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