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Definition of Figurists
1. figurist [n] - See also: figurist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Figurists
Literary usage of Figurists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Review of the Doctrine of the Eucharist, as Laid Down in Scripture and by Daniel Waterland (1868)
"that none give so great advantage to the figurists, as those that contend ...
Which is what the figurists most of all wish for : and if that be once granted ..."
2. The History of Painting in Italy from the Period of the Revival of the Fine by Luigi Lanzi (1854)
"Parolini is the last among the figurists whose life was written at length by ...
Concerning these figurists, little else is related than mere failures and ..."
3. The American Presbyterian Review by Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood (1869)
"... Naturalists, figurists, and other classes which arose out of that last phase
of the sect, ruined its good name among men, and merged its prospects in ..."