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textualist
[ teks-choo-uh-list ]
/ ˈtɛks tʃu ə lɪst /
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noun
a person who adheres closely to a text, especially of the Scriptures.
a person who is well versed in the text of the Scriptures.
Law. a person who adheres to the doctrine that a legal document or statute should be interpreted by determining the relatively objective ordinary meaning of its words and phrases: Justice Hugo Black took a literal reading of the Bill of Rights, leading to his reputation as a textualist.
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Words nearby textualist
textspeak, text-to-speech, textual, textual criticism, textualism, textualist, textuary, texture, texture paint, texturize, textus receptus
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How to use textualist in a sentence
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a self-proclaimed textualist, was skeptical of gun restrictions as a lower-court judge, too, going so far as to argue in a 2019 dissent that some felons shouldn’t be stripped of their rights to own guns.
How The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier To Carry Guns In Public|Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (Amelia.Thomson-DeVeaux@abc.com)|November 3, 2021|FiveThirtyEightTex′tuary, a textualist; Tex′tus, the authoritative text, esp.