precisian
a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
one of the English Puritans of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Origin of precisian
1Other words from precisian
- pre·ci·sian·ism, noun
Words Nearby precisian
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How to use precisian in a sentence
I am, it may be, a little of a precisian, and I wish to Heaven I was mair worthy of the name; but let that be a pass-over.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter ScottI am myself no fastidious precisian, being in a Labour Company, but there are limits—or should be.
But here is what neither Papist nor Puritan, latitudinarian nor precisian, ever boggles or makes mouths at.
Kenilworth | Sir Walter ScottThe man, affrighted at this apparition, Upon recovery grew a great precisian.
The Book of Humorous Verse | VariousIt is fair enough to call it an elegiac poem, though a precisian might object to the term.
Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works | Kalidasa
British Dictionary definitions for precisian
/ (prɪˈsɪʒən) /
a punctilious observer of rules or forms, esp in the field of religion
Derived forms of precisian
- precisianism, noun
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