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† ˈmeriter Obs.
Also 7 meritour.
[f. merit v. + -er1.]
One who or something which merits.
1607Hieron Wks. I. 423 God the Sonne reneweth, as being the mediator and meriter of this changed estate. 1617[see meritress]. a1626Bacon Confess. Faith Resusc. (1657) ii. 120 A Meriter of Glory and the Kingdom. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 143 We smart by that sin for which we smart, so that it is the means as well as the meriter of our misery. |