a. and sb. [ad. L. contemplānt-em, pr. pple. of contemplārī to contemplate. Cf. F. contemplant. See -ANT.]
A. adj. That contemplates; engaged in contemplation.
1794. Coleridge, Relig. Musings, Poet. Wks. 1877, I. 108. Contemplant Spirits.
1797. Lamb, Sabbath Bells, in Poems, 231. The contemplant, solitary man.
† B. sb. One who contemplates; a being having or exercising the faculty of contemplation. Obs.
1624. Fisher, in F. White, Repl. Fisher, 230. Spirituall men, and perfect Contemplants.
