rigourist
rigourist is the alternative form of rigorist.
Meaning of rigorist
Noun
rigorist (plural rigorists)
- 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
Forms of rigourist
| plural | rigourists |
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Origin of rigourist
From rigour + -ist.
Questions about rigourist
- What is rigourist the alternative form of?
- Rigourist is the alternative form of rigorist.
Words near rigourist in the dictionary
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