Adonistn.
/əˈdəʊnɪst/, /ˈadənɪst/, U.S. /ˈædənəst/ Judaism. Now rare.
A person who maintains that the vowel points given to the Tetragrammaton YHWH in the Hebrew Scriptures indicate that it should be substituted by the name ‘Adonai’ (Adonai n.) in reading. Opposed to Jehovist n. 1.
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Adonai We find great disputes in authors, concerning the use and acceptation of the word Adonai; particularly, whether it is always read for the word Jehovah. This has given rise to two opposite sects among Hebraists, called Adonists and Jehovists.
1838 R. Southey Doctor V. cxxxix. 12 As for that mystery which has occasioned among Hebrew Critics the Sect of the Adonists, I only hint thereat.
1897 Amer. Encycl. Dict. I. 7/1 The controversy is now all but settled in favor of the Adonists.
1911 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 883 He is even ignorant of the true name of the Deity and, like an Adonist, stumbles in his speech when he attempts to pronounce it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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