Meristn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛrɪst/, U.S.

/ˈmɛrəst/

Forms: Plural 1500s Meristeies, 1600s 1800s– Merists, 1900s– Meristae, 1900s– Meristai.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin merista; Greek μεριστής.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin merista (a636 in Isidore as the name of a sect) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek μεριστής divider, distributor (New Testament; in Justin Martyr as the name of a sect) < the stem of ancient Greek μερίζειν to divide (see merismus n.) + -ιστής -ist suffix.

1. A member of a Jewish sect, in existence by the 2nd cent. a.d., said by St Isidore to have believed that the Scriptures were not all inspired alike by God, and supposed by some modern scholars to have believed that God was not a single being.

ΚΠ

1537 tr. Original & Sprynge All Sectes ii. ii. f. 50 Isidorus..wryteth, that among y^e heresyes of the Jewes some were called Saduces, some Morboneies, some Meristeies [Ger. ettlich Meristei].

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 150 The Merissoeans or Merists, which were (as the name importeth) sprinklers of their holy-water.

1914 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics VII. 593/1 The Genistæ, Meristæ, [etc.].

1930 A. L. Williams in Justin Martyr Dialogue with Trypho lxxx. 170 (note) J[ustin] enumerates seven heretical Jewish sects which orthodox Jews would not acknowledge. Of these nothing whatever is known of the Genistae, the Meristae, and the Hellenians.

1959 Bull. John Rylands Libr. 41 287 If Simon is correct in his explanation of the Meristai as Jewish Gnostics who ‘divided’ the person of the deity, then we have to do with an intolerable ‘heresy’ in Judaism, involving the denial of its central tenet of monotheism.

†2. Probably: a person who oversees the distribution of property under a legal system. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1872 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris 117 (note) The administrators of the three great divisions of law are severally Archons, Merists, and Dicasts... The Merists are properly the Domini, or Lords of houses and nations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merist
释义	Meristn. Brit. /ˈmɛrɪst/, U.S. /ˈmɛrəst/ Forms: Plural 1500s Meristeies, 1600s 1800s– Merists, 1900s– Meristae, 1900s– Meristai. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin merista; Greek μεριστής. Etymology: < post-classical Latin merista (a636 in Isidore as the name of a sect) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek μεριστής divider, distributor (New Testament; in Justin Martyr as the name of a sect) < the stem of ancient Greek μερίζειν to divide (see merismus n.) + -ιστής -ist suffix. 1. A member of a Jewish sect, in existence by the 2nd cent. a.d., said by St Isidore to have believed that the Scriptures were not all inspired alike by God, and supposed by some modern scholars to have believed that God was not a single being. ΚΠ 1537 tr. Original & Sprynge All Sectes ii. ii. f. 50 Isidorus..wryteth, that among y^e heresyes of the Jewes some were called Saduces, some Morboneies, some Meristeies [Ger. ettlich Meristei]. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 150 The Merissoeans or Merists, which were (as the name importeth) sprinklers of their holy-water. 1914 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics VII. 593/1 The Genistæ, Meristæ, [etc.]. 1930 A. L. Williams in Justin Martyr Dialogue with Trypho lxxx. 170 (note) J[ustin] enumerates seven heretical Jewish sects which orthodox Jews would not acknowledge. Of these nothing whatever is known of the Genistae, the Meristae, and the Hellenians. 1959 Bull. John Rylands Libr. 41 287 If Simon is correct in his explanation of the Meristai as Jewish Gnostics who ‘divided’ the person of the deity, then we have to do with an intolerable ‘heresy’ in Judaism, involving the denial of its central tenet of monotheism. †2. Probably: a person who oversees the distribution of property under a legal system. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1872 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris 117 (note) The administrators of the three great divisions of law are severally Archons, Merists, and Dicasts... The Merists are properly the Domini, or Lords of houses and nations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1537
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