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Rigorist

Rig′or-ist

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
rigoriste
.]
One who is rigorous; – sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist.

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rigorist

rigorist

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Noun

rigorist (plural rigorists)

  1. Someone who takes the strictest interpretation of a law, religious injunction etc.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 338:
      These rigorists wanted to borrow Old Testament exclusions from participation in the Temple liturgy and apply them to pregnant women and the sexual relations of married couples.