rigorist
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From rigour, or its source, Latin rigor, + -ist.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rigorist (plural rigorists)
- Someone who takes the strictest interpretation of a law, religious injunction etc.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 338:
- 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.
Adjective edit
rigorist (comparative more rigorist, superlative most rigorist)
- Of, pertaining to or in the fashion of rigorists or rigorism.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French rigoriste.
Noun edit
rigorist m (plural rigoriști)
Declension edit
Declension of rigorist
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) rigorist | rigoristul | (niște) rigoriști | rigoriștii |
genitive/dative | (unui) rigorist | rigoristului | (unor) rigoriști | rigoriștilor |
vocative | rigoristule | rigoriștilor |