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legist
[ lee-jist ]
noun
- an expert in law, especially ancient law.
legist
/ ˈliːdʒɪst /
noun
- a person versed in the law
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of legist1
C15: from Medieval Latin lēgista, from lēx law
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Example Sentences
Andrea Dandolo is remembered as a Venetian historian and an accomplished legist, a lover of the arts, and a great humanist.
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Covarruvias, a Spanish legist, already quoted, agrees with Arnault Ferton.
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Where human statute is beginning to prize the general weal, the legist is of high account, and the priest paramount.
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It was a requirement of prudence and safety which commends itself to every logician and legist.
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Then as an administrator he reformed the government, as a legist he reissued and revised the laws.
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