Meaning of nomothete | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A lawgiver; a legislator.
2. A name giver.

Examples

“He proposed a bicameral legislature divided into elected legislators tasked with everyday business of state, who he called “telothetes,” and another set of legislators called “nomothetes” of ages forty to fifty-five elected by their peers to fifteen-year terms.”

“Clearly we are in the presence of a motif, common to other religions and mythologies — that of the Nomothete, the name-giver, the creator of language”

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