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Niebuhr

noun

United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971). Synonym: Reinhold Niebuhr.

German historian noted for his critical approach to sources and for his history of Rome (1776-1831). Synonym: Barthold George Niebuhr.

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... great Niebuhr's shown 'Tis nine-tenths lying. Faith, I wish 'twere known, Ere we accept great Niebuhr as a guide, Wherein he blundered and how much ...

— The Devil's Dictionary • Ambrose Bierce

... a considerable difference of opinion. It is now generally admitted, that, in Guinea, Java, and other countries, where there is at once great heat and a marshy soil, there exists a species of these animals, which have the power of moving in the air, or at least of passing from tree to tree. Niebuhr relates, that at Bazra, also, "there is a sort of serpents, called heie sursurie. They commonly live on dates; and as it would be troublesome to them to come down one high tree and creep up another, they hang by the tail to the branch of one, and, by swinging ...

— Palestine or the Holy Land - From the Earliest Period to the Present Time • Michael Russell

Words linked to "Niebuhr" : theologizer, theologist, Reinhold Niebuhr, historian, theologian, historiographer, theologiser