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† naˈturian Obs.
[f. nature n. + -ian, or ad. obs. F. naturien (Godef.).]
A student of nature, a natural philosopher; also, a believer in nature as contrasted with divine providence.
1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 358 Amongst Philosophers Aristotle was wise, profound; Plato humane, diuine; Pythagoras hot, precise; and all sound exquisite naturians. Ibid. 341. 1621 S. Ward Life of Faith 83 Great..aduantages hath a Christian by virtue of his Faith, aboue any Naturian or Politique by all his reason. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 5 There is no judgment comes, but naturians will find out other causes for it than God.
So † naˈturien. Obs. rare.
1390Gower Conf. III. 46 Riht so of the Naturiens Upon the Sterres from above His weie he secheth unto love. Ibid. 106 And thus seith the naturien Which is an Astronomien. |