Definition of Figurist. Meaning of Figurist. Synonyms of Figurist

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Definition of Figurist

Figurist
Figurist Fig"ur*ist, n. One who uses or interprets figurative expressions. --Waterland.

Meaning of Figurist from wikipedia

- Revelation of Messiah The Figurists determined that the sage shengren (聖人) was in fact the Messiah. This proved in the minds of the Figurists that, for example...
- combined with some Jewish and probably some Persian influences. The French figurist Jesuit missionary to China Joachim Bouvet thought that Hermes Trismegistus...
- was a French Jesuit who worked in China, and the leading member of the Figurist movement. Bouvet was born in Le Mans, France; he entered the Society of...
- (1656–1730), French Jesuit who worked in China, leading member of the Figurist movement Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705–1786), French explorer...
- the Tigris. Athanasius Kircher identified Zoroaster with Ham. The French figurist Jesuit missionary to China Joachim Bouvet thought that Zoroaster, the Chinese...
- who later comprised Otra Figuración, were the politically oriented neo-figurist Antonio Berni and the Boa group. The Europeans collectively known as Cobra...
- Christianity. This was noted by Jesuit missionaries who became known as figurists. Figurists promoted the idea that the ancient Chinese knew the truth of Christian...
- December 2012). С улыбками на лицах [With smiles on their faces]. Moskovskiy Figurist (in Russian). Federation of Figure Skating in Moscow. Luchianov, Vladislav...
- though credit for this is also given to Shennong and Yellow Emperor. The Figurists viewed Fuxi as Enoch, the Biblical patriarch. Alexander Catcott, a Hutchinsonian...
- Joachim Bouvet, early missionary to China and a leading member of the Figurist movement Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and orator William S. Bowdern...