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noun

Contemner n. One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... [Bliss's reference to Wood is very brief] of Earle may be added to Clarendon's testimonies: "This Dr. Earl was a [EP]very genteel man, a contemner of the world, religious, and most worthy of the office of a Bishop." He is elsewhere styled by him "learned and godly,"—but the epithet "genteel" gives an extra touch that we should be loth to lose. In reference to his Latin ...

— Microcosmography - or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters • John Earle

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... state documents. The example of the fathers makes appeal to the consciences of their children not to let go from our hearts and lives the deep and abiding recognition and confession of that almighty Governor of all things from whose righteous tribunal no one living can escape, and before whom no contemner of his ...

— Luther and the Reformation: - The Life-Springs of Our Liberties • Joseph A. Seiss

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