"meritmonger" meaning in English

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        "3": "monger"
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      "expansion": "merit + monger",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From merit + monger.",
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    {
      "form": "meritmongers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "People",
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            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1794, Joseph Milner, The History of the Church of Christ:",
          "text": "justifying faith, against merit-mongers and pardoners",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who depends on merit for salvation."
      ],
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        [
          "merit",
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        [
          "salvation",
          "salvation"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) One who depends on merit for salvation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meritmonger"
}

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    {
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From merit + monger.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meritmongers",
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        "plural"
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      "expansion": "meritmonger (plural meritmongers)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:People"
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          "text": "justifying faith, against merit-mongers and pardoners",
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      ],
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        "One who depends on merit for salvation."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) One who depends on merit for salvation."
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  "word": "meritmonger"
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