contemplatistn.
/kɒnˈtɛmplətɪst/, /kənˈtɛmplətɪst/, U.S. /kənˈtɛmplədəst/ Now rare.
A person who engages in or practises contemplation or deep reflection.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > one who contemplates
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meditatist1860
1634 A. R. in tr. L. Lessius Hygiasticon sig. ¶11 Henceforth I'le never credit those that say, Contemplatists do onely think and pray.
1656 J. Fowler Hist. Troubles Suethland & Poland 245 Here the profoundest Contemplatist may find a large field for his thoughts to expatiate in.
1798 R. Anderson Poems on Various Subjects 47 The calm contemplatist still loves to dwell Secluded from the town's mistaken joys.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. vi. vi. 222 The contemplatist regards the kingdom of heaven as internal, and sees in the history of souls a continual day of judgment.
1865 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 535/1 A theological contemplatist from his first years, having his conscience and his meditative tendencies nourished in self-education.
1976 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Oct. 984/1 The ability to live two lives almost simultaneously: that as a man of action in the real world outside; the other as contemplatist of a chosen inner world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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