exegetist
noun
ex·e·get·ist
| \ ˌek-sə-ˈjē-tist
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plural exegetists
Definition of exegetist
: one who practices exegesis : exegete
Nor have there been wanting learned exegetists who have opined that the whale mentioned in the book of Jonah merely meant a life-preserver …— Herman Melville The exegetists have discovered and interpreted to the world all the obvious and hidden meanings of the letter … — The New York Times … although the literature which has accumulated about him is voluminous, it lacks the unconscious humor of the customary classical exegetists …— Ernest Augustus Boyd
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