théosophe

See also: theosophe

French

From Medieval Latin theosophus (“a theologian”, noun),^[1] from Koine Greek θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in things concerning god”, adjective),^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ σοφός (sophós, “wise”).^[2]^[5] Cognate to Spanish teósofo (noun).^[2]

théosophe m or f by sense (plural théosophes)

(dated) theologian^[1]^[2]
- 1771, “theosophe”, in Dictionnaire de Trévoux, 6th new edition, volume 8, Paris: Par la Compagnie des libraires associés, →OCLC, page 14:
  […] qui fait la théologie, qui a une grande connaissance des choses divines. […] On trouve ce mot dans quelques écrivains ecclésiastiques.
  [A person] who does theology, [a person] who has a great knowledge of divine things. […] One finds this word in some ecclesiastical writers.
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theosophist^[4]
- 1769, Denis Diderot, Histoire générale des dogmes et opinions philosophiques, volume 3, London: s.n., →OCLC, page 303:
  Il faut mettre au nombre des syncrétistes tous ces philosophes qui ont essayé de rapporter leurs systêmes cosmologistes à la physiologie de Moyse; ceux qui ont cherché dans l’écriture des autorités sur lesquelles ils pussent appuyer leurs opinions, [et] que nous appelions théosophes.
  We must include among the syncretists all these philosophers who have tried to relate their systems of cosmology to the physiology of Moses; those who sought within the writings of authorities [for that] upon which they might support their opinions, and who we call theosophists.
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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Theosophus", in Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Léopold Favre, et al. editors, Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis (in Latin), volume 8, ed. nova, aucta pluribus verbis aliorum scriptorum a Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre, 1887 [1st ed. 1678]. col. 097b. →OCLC
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 “theosoph”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
^ “theosoph, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2015.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 “théosophe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “theosophy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.