ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rigorist

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈɹɪɡəɹɪst/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Rigorist is a noun meaning Someone who takes the strictest interpretation of a law, religious injunction etc.

Meaning

Someone who takes the strictest interpretation of a law, religious injunction etc.

More Meanings

  1. Of, pertaining to or in the fashion of rigorists or rigorism.

Example Sentences

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.

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Related dictionary entries include rigourist, puritanist, stickler, fundamentalist, ritualist, pissant.

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