promulger en · NOUN
Etymology
From promulge + -er.
Meanings
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One who promulges or publishes what was before unknown.
For what St. Paul ſays expreſly of Tongues, holds equally true of all other Supernatural Gifts and Powers, indulg'd to the firſt Promulgers of Chriſtianity; they were Signs to thoſe who believ'd not, not to thoſe who believ'd.
1694 October 30 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Francis Atterbury, “The Miraculous Propagation of the Gospel. A Sermon Preach’d before the Queen at White-hall. October 21. 1694.”, in Fourteen Sermons Preach’d on Several Occasions. […], London: […] E. P. [Edmund Parker?] for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1708, →OCLC, part II, page 132:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| promulgers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |