expounders

They may be made to change their meaning by processes of interpretation; elasticity in a creed is favorable to permanence -- it is thereby able to adapt itself to changing conditions -- and the degree of elasticity depends largely on the persons who are its authorized expounders, that is, on the area of public opinion that these persons represent.

Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877

As a vessel of war requires a harbor, and usually a better harbor than a merchant-vessel, it strikes us the "expounders" would do well to give this thought a moment's attention.

Oak Openings James Fenimore Cooper 1820

It is a little extraordinary that the fingers of so many of the great "expounders" turn out to be "thumbs," however, exhibiting clumsiness, rather than that adroit lightness which usually characterizes the dexterity of men who are in the habit of rummaging other people's pockets, for their own especial purposes.

Oak Openings James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Accordingly the Mameluke fell to work and wrote till he had made an end of his copy, when he read it to the old man, and he corrected it and presently said to him, “Know, O my son, that my five conditions are as follows; firstly, that thou tell not this story in the beaten high road nor before women and slave-girls nor to black slaves nor feather-heads; nor again to boys; but read it only before Kings and Emirs and Wazirs and men of learning, such as expounders of the Koran and others.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Wazirs and men of learning, such as expounders of the Koran and others. "

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Reckless and incompetent expounders of Holy Scripture bring untold trouble and sorrow on their wiser brethren when they are caught in one of their mischievous false opinions and are taken to task by those who are not bound by the authority of our sacred books.

Bishop Pierre Whalon: Why I Am Not An Atheist Bishop Pierre Whalon 2011

Today, we are urged by tea party activists, and with excellent reason, to look to the authors of "The Federalist," the authoritative expounders of the Constitution, to recover the principles of limited government.

The Myth of Conservative Purity Peter Berkowitz 2011

Reckless and incompetent expounders of Holy Scripture bring untold trouble and sorrow on their wiser brethren when they are caught in one of their mischievous false opinions and are taken to task by those who are not bound by the authority of our sacred books.

Augustine on Creation 2009

In intellectual life physicians have, since medieval times, in all traditions born in the Middle East, whether Christian, Judaic or Islamic long been regarded as 'the torchbearers of secular erudition and the professional expounders of philosophy and the sciences, heirs to a universal tradition--a spiritual brotherhood that transcends the barriers of religion, language and countries'.

Qanta Ahmed, MD: Bitter Medicine: Islamist Extremism at the Bedside MD Qanta Ahmed 2010

In intellectual life physicians have, since medieval times, in all traditions born in the Middle East, whether Christian, Judaic or Islamic long been regarded as 'the torchbearers of secular erudition and the professional expounders of philosophy and the sciences, heirs to a universal tradition--a spiritual brotherhood that transcends the barriers of religion, language and countries'.

Qanta Ahmed, MD: Bitter Medicine: Islamist Extremism at the Bedside MD Qanta Ahmed 2010