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Synonyms for allegorist
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : al-i-gawr-ist, -gohr-, al-i-ger-ist |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæl ɪˌgɔr ɪst, -ˌgoʊr-, ˈæl ɪ gər ɪst |
Définition of allegorist
- As in storyteller : noun recounter of stories
- The allegorizer requires an allegorist to interpret him aright.
- Extract from : « Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria » by Norman Bentwich
- We need not be so dense as to require the allegorist to say to us in so many words: "This is a parable."
- Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon » by Walter Adeney
- Whatever the primitive Semitic allegorist may have thought, work is a blessing, not a curse.
- Extract from : « The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes » by Israel Zangwill
- To the allegorist, the fable or plot in epic or dramatic poetry was only a rind to cover attractively the kernel of truth.
- Extract from : « Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance » by Donald Lemen Clark
- Such a story tempts the allegorist, and indeed the main drift of its meaning is unmistakable.
- Extract from : « Among Famous Books » by John Kelman
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