audient

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A hearer; a listener.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century; earliest use found in John Hooper (d. 1555), bishop of Gloucester and Worcester and protestant martyr. As noun from classical Latin audient-, audiēns hearer or listener, in post-classical Latin also catechumen (late 2nd or early 3rd century in Tertullian), use as noun of audient-, audiēns, present participle;


[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Listening; paying attention to sounds.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century; earliest use found in John Hooper (d. 1555), bishop of Gloucester and Worcester and protestant martyr. As noun from classical Latin audient-, audiēns hearer or listener, in post-classical Latin also catechumen (late 2nd or early 3rd century in Tertullian), use as noun of audient-, audiēns, present participle;




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