noun
- Plural of computist; people who calculate or compute, especially those who determine the date of Easter and other ecclesiastical calendars.
Usage: historical; chiefly ecclesiastical
Examples
- Medieval computists worked to establish the correct date for Easter each year.
- The computists of the monastery maintained detailed astronomical records.
- Early Christian computists developed complex mathematical systems for calendar calculations.
- Computists in the Middle Ages were among the most skilled mathematicians of their time.