pluralist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time
  2. noun a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature
  3. noun someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society

WordNet

Plu"ral*ist noun
Definitions
  1. (Eccl.) A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice. Eng.
    Of the parochial clergy, a large proportion were pluralists. Macaulay.

Webster 1913