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precisian
precisian (prɪˈsɪʒən) Also 6 pri-, 6–7 præ-; 6 -cisean, -sician, 6–7 -cision, 7 -sisian. [f. precise a. + -ian, after Christian, etc.] One who is rigidly precise or punctilious in the observance of rules or forms. a. spec. One who is precise in religious observance: in the 16th and 17th c. synonymou... Oxford English Dictionary
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James Calfhill
Andrew Wardrobe, London, and was proctor both for the clergy of London and the chapter of Oxford in the convocation of 1563, where he was a conspicuous "precisian wikipedia.org
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precisianism
preˈcisianism Also 6 erron. -onism. [f. prec. + -ism.] The practice or conduct of a precisian; orig. applied to Puritanism.1573 G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 30 [If] ever I have maintainid ani od point of puritanism, or præcisionism mi self. 1599 B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. iv. iv, 'Tis now esteem... Oxford English Dictionary
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precisionist
preˈcisionist, n. and a. (Also erron, (after precisian) -anist.) [f. precision + -ist.] A. n. One who makes a profession or practice of precision or exactness in observance or expression; a purist; spec. in Art, one of a group of U.S. artists of the 1920s who employed a smooth, precise technique in ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Convocation of 1563
surprise of the Convocation [...] was not the amount of support given to the Precisians but the unexpected extent of loyalty to the existing regulations, "Precisian wikipedia.org
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William Piers (bishop)
According to Raleigh a new type of precisian puritan objected feasts on the Sabbath. wikipedia.org
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prig
▪ I. † prig, n.1 Obs. Also 5–6 prigg, pryg(ge (7 prydg). [App. another form of sprig n. (nail). Cf. prag n.1] (?) = sprig, brad (usually collective).1410 in Rogers Agric. & Prices (1882) III. 447 (Wye) Tileprig 6200 {at} m/10. 1411 Ibid., Wogh prig nails... Tyle prig. 1415 Ibid., (Charles & Rowhill)... Oxford English Dictionary
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English Dissenters
Archbishop Matthew Parker of that time used it and "precisian" with the sense of stickler. T. D. wikipedia.org
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puritan
puritan, n. and a. (ˈpjʊərɪtən) Also Puritan, esp. in specific uses. [f. L. pūr-us pure, or pūritās purit-y + -an. Perh. formed in French or mod.Latin: cf. F. puritain (Ronsard 1564), mod.L. pūritānī (in Du Cange). The appellation appears to have been intended to suggest that of the καθαροί, Cathara... Oxford English Dictionary
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nose-wise
† ˈnose-wise, a. Obs. [f. nose n. + wise a., perh. after Du. neuswijs, LG. näsewîs, G. nase(n)weis (MHG. nasewîse): cf. nese-wise s.v. nese n.] 1. Conceited; clever in one's own opinion.1566 Pasquine in Traunce To Rdr., But nowe me thinketh I heare some nose wise papist, make a very vnnecessarie obi... Oxford English Dictionary
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dissoluteness
ˈdissoluteness [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being dissolute (in various senses). † 1. Remissness, negligence, carelessness. Obs.1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 97 She chargeth Anthonie with dissolutenesse in duetie. Ibid. 356 This our dissolutenesse and negligence. 1619 W. Sclater Exp. 1 Thess.... Oxford English Dictionary
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rigid
rigid, a. and n. (ˈrɪdʒɪd) Also 6 regyd, 7 rigide, riged, ridgid, 8 ridged. [ad. L. rigidus, f. rigēre to be stiff; cf. F. rigide, Sp., Pg., It. rigido.] A. adj. 1. a. Stiff, unyielding; not pliant or flexible; firm; hard.1538 Starkey England i. ii. 40 Master Lvpset, you euer bryng in some regyd kno... Oxford English Dictionary
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