rigorism
noun
extreme strictness.
rigoristic
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a word derived from
rigorism.
Example Sentences
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Lepp concludes that the church, even while holding fast to its belief in the sanctity of marriage, ought to be less rigoristic about divorced Catholics who wed a second time.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first, which we shall call rigoristic or ascetic, appears several times, although not frequently, in the history of ideas.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce
Pluralism on the other hand has no need of this dogmatic rigoristic temper.
From Pragmatism by William James
On the whole these Molinists endorse the third and mildest of the above-quoted opinions, which differs only theoretically from the rigoristic view described in the first place.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Arthur Preuss
It amounted to genius, yet a rigoristic spirit led him to fall off to a sect.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
