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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He was no precisian, no etymologist, no purist.
From Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Martin, Benj. N.
Scrivener and "precisian" as his father was, he was a skilled musician, and the boy inherited his father's skill on lute and organ.
From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by Green, John Richard
In fact, he was something of a precisian in politics.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various
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
It is fair enough to call it an elegiac poem, though a precisian might object to the term.
From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa
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