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Definition of Animalists
1. animalist [n] - See also: animalist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Animalists
Literary usage of Animalists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Examiner (1851)
"To those who belong to the class of animalists, and who regard freedom as a means
to present enjoyment merely, this paper is not addressed. ..."
2. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Novatianus, Allan Menzies (1870)
"We must after all this turn our attention to those scriptures also which forbid
our belief in such a resurrection as is held by your " animalists" (for I ..."
3. The Russian School of Painting by Alexandre Benois (1916)
"... a somewhat manneristic master, but an artist of an unusually delicate and soft
brush; his brother, IF Grot, one of the best animalists of his time; ..."
4. The Western Messenger: Devoted to Religion, Life, and Literature by Western Unitarian Association (1836)
"To those that belong to the class of animalists, and who regard freedom as a
means to present enjoyment merely, this paper is not addressed. ..."
5. The Memoir and Writings of James Handasyd Perkins by James Handasyd Perkins, William Henry Channing (1851)
"... belong to the class of animalists, and who regard freedom as a means to present
enjoyment merely, this paper is not addressed. We cannot go so far back, ..."
6. President Dwight's Decisions of Questions Discussed by the Senior Class in by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"Infidels are composed of Deists or Atheists, Unbelievers, (or those who believe
nothing about religion,) animalists, Materialists, Sceptics, ..."
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