théosophe

See also: theosophe

French

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /te.o.zɔf/
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Noun

théosophe m or f by sense (plural théosophes)

  1. (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.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:théosophe.
  2. 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.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:théosophe.

References
  1. "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. “theosoph”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  3. “theosoph, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2015.
  4. “théosophe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  5. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “theosophy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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