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rigorists

rigorists is the plural of rigorist.

Meaning of rigorist

Noun

rigorist (plural rigorists)

  1. Someone who takes the strictest interpretation of a law, religious injunction etc.
    • These rigorists wanted to borrow Old Testament exclusions from participation in the Temple liturgy and apply them to pregnant women and the sexual relations of married couples.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 338

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Questions about rigorists

What is rigorists the plural of?
Rigorists is the plural of rigorist.

Words near rigorists in the dictionary

  1. rigorise
  2. rigorism
  3. rigorisms
  4. rigorist
  5. rigoristic
  6. rigorists
  7. rigorization
  8. rigorizations
  9. rigorize
  10. rigorized
  11. rigorizes

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