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Rigorist
Rig′or-ist
,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)
- 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.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 338: