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Expoʹnent

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One who explains or sets forth the views of another. Thus, a clergyman should be the exponent of the Bible and Thirty-nine Articles. (Latin, ex pono, to expose or set forth.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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