precisian

[ pri-sizh-uhn ]

/ prɪˈsɪʒ ən /

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noun

a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.

one of the English Puritans of the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Origin of precisian

First recorded in 1565–75; precise + -ian

OTHER WORDS FROM precisian

pre·ci·sian·ism, noun

Words nearby precisian

precipitinogen, precipitous, précis, precise, precisely, precisian, precision, precision bombing, precision casting, precisionism, precisive

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How to use precisian in a sentence

I am, it may be, a little of a precisian, and I wish to Heaven I was mair worthy of the name; but let that be a pass-over.
The Fortunes of Nigel|Sir Walter Scott
I am myself no fastidious precisian, being in a Labour Company, but there are limits—or should be.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, May 21, 1919.|Various
But here is what neither Papist nor Puritan, latitudinarian nor precisian, ever boggles or makes mouths at.
Kenilworth|Sir Walter Scott
The man, affrighted at this apparition, Upon recovery grew a great precisian.
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various

It is fair enough to call it an elegiac poem, though a precisian might object to the term.
Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works|Kalidasa

British Dictionary definitions for precisian

precisian

/ (prɪˈsɪʒən) /

noun

a punctilious observer of rules or forms, esp in the field of religion

Derived forms of precisian

precisianism, noun

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