Definition of Summist. Meaning of Summist. Synonyms of Summist

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Definition of Summist

Summist
Summist Sum"mist, n. One who sums up; one who forms an abridgment or summary. --Sir E. Dering.

Meaning of Summist from wikipedia

- twelfth-century summists adopted dialectic definitely as a means of elucidating, not only philosophical, but also theological truth. Finally the summists adopted...
- do not wish to sanction the torture [the tyranny of consciences] of the Summists, which notwithstanding would have been less intolerable if they had added...