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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...
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puritanism
puritanism (ˈpjʊərɪtənɪz(ə)m) Also Puritanism, esp. in specific uses. [f. puritan + -ism.] 1. The Puritan system; the doctrines and principles of the Puritans; Puritan opinion or practice.1573 G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 30 Let M. Phisician..shew..that ever I have maintainid ani od point of purita...
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precision
precision (prɪˈsɪʒən) [a. F. précision (16th c. in Godef.) or ad. L. præcīsiō-nem a cutting off abruptly, n. of action f. præcīdĕre: see precise a.] 1. a. The fact, condition, or quality of being precise; exactness, definiteness; distinctness, accuracy. arm of precision: a fire-arm fitted with mecha...
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unenthralled
unenˈthralled, ppl. a. Also 7 unin-. (un-1 8.)1649 Milton Eikon. Pref., Wks. 1851 III. 335 It must needs be ridiculous to any judgement uninthrall'd, that they..should in this one particular outstripp all precisianism. 1809–10 Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 172 Observation, unaided, but at the same ti...
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