symbologist
nounEtymology From symbol + -ologist.
1
One who studies symbols, especially those used in ancient religions or secret societies.
- Hindu, Egyptian, and other ancient religions, myths, and emblems were made to yield anything the symbologist wanted them to yield […]1888, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, page xi:
- Related terms
- semiotician, semioticist, symbolist