Talk:Logan Pearsall Smith

Historical Semantics[edit]

Just deleted the lede claim that Pearsall Smith was a notable writer on historical semantics. The latter is a recent discipline, there is no sign of any such interest in his works, and of course there's no citation offered.KD Tries Again (talk) 03:32, 24 September 2010 (UTC)KD Tries Again[reply]

What are 17th-century divines?[edit]

The whole phrase is mentioned thrice on the page as something Smith was an authority on, but what does it mean? Shreevatsa (talk) 01:01, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A divine is a now virtually archaic term for a clergyman who has some standing as a theologian. Norvo (talk) 00:08, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]