Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or contained in a text; textual.
- noun A specialist in the study of the Scriptures.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the text; textual.
- Having the authority or importance of a text; that ranks as a text, or takes chief place; regarded as authoritative, or as an authority.
- noun A textualist; one who adheres strictly to the text.
- noun An expounder or critic of texts; a textual expositor or critic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Contained in the text; textual.
- adjective Serving as a text; authoritative.
- noun One who is well versed in the Scriptures; a textman.
- noun One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who is well versed in
Scripture ; atextman . - noun One who adheres strictly or rigidly to a
text .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some who have had the honour to be textuary in divinity are of opinion it shall be the same specifical fire with ours.
Religio Medici 2007
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Some, who have had the honour to be textuary in Divinity, are of opinion it shall be the same specifical fire with ours.
Religio Medici 1605-1682 1923
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Some, who have had the honour to be textuary in Divinity, are of opinion it shall be the same specifical fire with ours.
Paras 36-70 1909
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Let not the twelve but the two tables be thy law: let Pythagoras be thy remembrancer, not thy textuary and final instructor: and learn the vanity of the world, rather from Solomon than
Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation Alexander Whyte 1878
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Pythagoras be thy remembrancer, not thy textuary and final instructer; and learn the vanity of the world, rather from Solomon than Phocylydes.
Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863
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For as he was faithful in declaring the whole counsel of God to his people, in warning them against the evils of the time, so he was likewise a great textuary, close in handling any truth he discoursed upon, and in the application most home, warm and searching, shewing himself a most skilful casuist.
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Pharisee, refer himself to the tradition of the elders, but, like a good textuary, fastened upon the two first and great commandments of the law, as those which he thought must be most strictly observed in order to the obtaining of eternal life, and which included all the rest, v. 27.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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It is that learning which it was my happiness from a child to be trained up in, by my ever honoured father, whose memory must always be very dear and precious to me: he often reminded me that a good textuary is a good divine; and that I should read other books with this in my eye, that I might be the better able to understand and apply the scripture.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) 1721
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Some who have had the honour to be textuary in divinity are of opinion it shall be the same specifical fire with ours.
Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend 1643
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Hildersham, who left behind him a commentary on the fifty-first psalm; as also many sermons upon the fourth of John, both which are printed; he was an excellent textuary, of exemplary life, pleasant in discourse, a strong enemy to the Brownists, and dissented not from the Church of
William Lilly's History of His Life and Times From the Year 1602 to 1681 William Lilly 1641
qms commented on the word textuary
I read in a serious bestiary
A clownfish can cause its sex to vary.
I know it may sound
Like I'm clowning around
But trust me, I'm strictly a textuary.
October 28, 2016