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harmonist¹

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From harmony + -ist. Compare French harmoniste.

noun harmonists

  1. One who shows the agreement of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four Biblical evangelists. The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order.
  2. One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a composer.

Harmonist²

Where it comes from

From harmony + -ist.

noun Harmonists

  1. historical A member of the Harmony Society, a Christian theosophy and pietist society founded in Germany in 1785.

    Similar: Economite, Harmonite, Rappist, Rappite

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@misc{harmonist_2026,
  title = {harmonist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/harmonist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}