Swedenborgian

English

Etymology

Swedenborg +‎ -ian

Adjective

Swedenborgian (comparative more Swedenborgian, superlative most Swedenborgian)

Of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.

Related terms

Swedenborgianism

Translations

of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg

French: swedenborgien (fr), swédenborgien
German: swedenborgianisch, schwedenborgianisch (old spelling)
Portuguese: swedenborgiano, swedenborguiano

Noun

Swedenborgian (plural Swedenborgians)

A religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 76:
  As Kirkpatrick worked, Otto Hahn - an intensely patriotic German lawyer and amateur petrologist turned Swedenborgian who believed life originated in outer space - was spending long hours staring down his microscope at what he took to be the fossilised remnants of algae.

Translations

a religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg

French: swedenborgien (fr) m, swedenborgienne f, swédenborgien m, swédenborgienne f
German: Swedenborgianer m, Swedenborgianerin f, Schwedenborgianer m (old spelling), Schwedenborgianerin f (old spelling)
Portuguese: swedenborgiano m, swedenborguiano m

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