tropist rare—0.
(ˈtrəʊpɪst)
[f. as trope n. + -ist; cf. F. tropiste (Calvin, 1560).]
a. A member of a sect who interpreted Scripture or some passage of Scripture in the way of trope or metaphor: see tropic n. 3. b. One who deals in tropes or metaphors.
| 1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Tropists, or Tropici, the name of a sect... The reason of the name tropist was that they explained the scripture altogether by tropes and figures of speech... The Romanists also give the appellation tropists to those of the reformed religion, in regard of their construing the words of the eucharist figuratively. 1775 Ash, Tropist, one who deals in tropes, one who explains the scriptures by tropes and figures. |