Textualist

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a practitioner or adherent of textualism
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A textman; a textuary.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who is well versed in the Scriptures, and can readily quote texts.
  • n. One who adheres strictly to the letter of texts.
  • Word Usage
    "In the discussion, Justice Stevens lamented a raft of Supreme Court decisions he said had expanded application of capital punishment, criticized the "textualist" legal approach championed by Justice Antonin Scalia and defended the opinion that most alienated him from many of his liberal admirers"
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    textman    textuary