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har⋅mo⋅nist

[hahr-muh-nist]
–noun
1. a person skilled in harmony.
2. a person who makes a harmony, as of the Gospels.

Origin:
1560–70; harmon(y) + -ist

Har⋅mo⋅nist

[hahr-muh-nist]
–noun
a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
Also, Har⋅mo⋅nite.
Also called Rappist, Rappite.


Origin:
1815–25; after Harmony, town in Pennsylvania; see -ist
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har·mo·nist   (här'mə-nĭst)   
n.  One skilled in harmony.
har'mo·nis'tic adj., har'mo·nis'ti·cal·ly adv.
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