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Boehmenist

noun Boeh·men·ist \ -nə̇st \
variants: or less commonly Boehmenite \-ˌnīt\ or Boehmist \ˈbāmə̇st\

Definition of Boehmenist

plural -s
:an adherent of Boehmenism

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Origin and Etymology of boehmenist

after J. Böhme (Boehme)

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