theosopher
(θiːˈɒsəfə(r))
[f. theosophy, or med.L. theosoph-us (Scotus Erigena a 880) theosoph + -er1: cf. philosopher.]
= theosophist. (Applied spec. to Jacob Boehme, ‘the Teutonic Theosopher’, and his followers.)
| 1647 Ward Simp. Cobler (1843) 18 Have an extraordinary care..of the late Theosophers, that teach men to climbe to heaven upon a ladder of lying figments. 1653 H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1713) 72 Laying down such Conclusions as the Naturalists and Theosophers in all Ages have looked upon as the choicest and most precious. 1755 T. Amory Mem. (1766) II. 73 note, Jacob Behemen, the reverend theosopher. 1782 Gentl. Mag. LII. 329/1 The true and infallible ground of what he there advanced was to be found in the Teutonic Theosopher, in his three first Properties of Eternal Nature. 1850 Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. I. viii. §2. 234 These books..which have procured him [Boehme] the name of the Theosopher. 1881 Overton W. Law 269 Hitherto Law has been presented to us in this chapter rather as a theosopher than as a mystic proper. |