John Knox

Definitions of John Knox
  1. noun
    Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572)
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    historian, historiographer
    a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
    theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer
    someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
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