reprover


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  • noun

Synonyms for reprover

nounsomeone who finds fault or imputes blame

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The teaching function of the bishop is further elaborated, as he is to be "a leader of the blind, a light to those in darkness, a reprover of the unwise, a teacher of the young, a lamp to the world." The prayer ends by asking God to grant that the bishop stand "unashamed" before God's house, as he has "perfected the souls entrusted to him" by properly preaching the gospel.
And I will make your tongue cleave to your palate, and you shall be dumb; you shall not be a reprover to them, for they are a rebellious breed.
Assez avum oy sovent Par reprover dire la gent 1420 Ke d'estriver encontre aguilion N'avient a nuli si mal non.
"Some things, however, ought to be vehemently reproved, that, when a fault is not recognized by him who has committed it, he may be made sensible of its gravity from the mouth of the reprover; and that, when anyone smooths over to himself the evil that he has perpetrated, he may be led by the asperity of his censurer to entertain grave fears of its effects against himself.
Leah Marcus offers a compelling portrait of Jonson's relations to three courts, focusing on his obtrusive self-portraits in his early plays, where Jonson often cast himself as the reprover of the court's follies.