precisian
Americannoun
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a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
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one of the English Puritans of the 16th and 17th centuries.
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These "precisian" zealots held, by the governor-general's permission and under his protection, a synod at Dort, June, 1586, and endeavoured to organise the Reformed Church in accordance with their strict principles of exclusiveness.
From History of Holland by Edmundson, George
The precisian, they say, disapproved of Danton's lax and heedless courses.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by Morley, John
“I believe I am something of a precisian myself, but upon such a consideration, and in Paris, I should not hesitate an instant.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Puritan in religion, she was precisian in morals; but in both she was sincere.
From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
He is no precisian in attire; but by all accounts, he was never so ill-inspired as on that tramp; having set forth indeed, upon a moment's notice, from the most unfashionable spot in Europe, Barbizon.
From Across the Plains by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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