exeˈgetist|ɛksɪˈdʒiːtɪst| [f.Gr. ἐξηγητ-ής (see exegete) + -ist.] = exegete 3. 1848Geo. Eliot in Life iii. (1887) 101, I speak to an experienced exegetist.1882–3Schaff Encycl.Relig.Knowl. I. 640 Diodorus..was, as an exegetist, one of the masters of the Antiochian school.