rigorist

English

Alternative forms

• rigourist

Etymology

From rigour, or its source, Latin rigor, +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪɡəɹɪst/

Noun

rigorist (plural rigorists)

1. 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

rigorist (comparative more rigorist, superlative most rigorist)

1. Of, pertaining to or in the fashion of rigorists or rigorism.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rigoriste.

Noun

rigorist m (plural rigoriști)

1. rigorist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	rigorist	rigoristul		rigoriști	rigoriștii
genitive-dative	rigorist	rigoristului		rigoriști	rigoriștilor
vocative	rigoristule			rigoriștilor