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schematist|ˈskiːmətɪst| [f. Gr. σχηµατ-, σχῆµα scheme n. + -ist.] 1. The framer of a ‘scheme’ or system of doctrine.
1693Chauncy Rej. to Williams 13 You are sure I am against all the Confessions of Faith that are orthodox (but indeed you say, which we call orthodox) that we, I suppose, are, you and your Schematists. 1906Expositor Aug. 163 The Christian schematists adjusted to the theogony of the Neoplatonists the Scripture doctrine of God. †2. One who propounds a scheme, a projector.
1710–11Swift Exam. No. 31 ⁋4 He fill'd the Antichambers with a Crew of his Dependants and Creatures, such as Projectors, Schematists, Occasional Converts to a Party. 1711― Let. to Abp. King 26 Aug., The treasurer..makes little use of those thousand projectors and schematists, who are daily plying him with their visions. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. Diss. Drama 4 Astrology..allegorizes the discontented Schematists of all States and Churches; such as Jacobites, Non-Jurors,..&c. 1718Free-thinker No. 64 Some of our Schematists might be able to project a Form of Law &c. which, abstractedly considered, may appear as useful as that, which we enjoy. 1739Cibber Apol. (1756) I. 294 As much if not more in favour with their chief manager as a schematist than as an actor. |