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legalist|ˈliːgəlɪst|
[f. legal + -ist.]
1. Theol. An adherent or advocate of legalism; one who believes in or inclines to the doctrine of justification by works.
1646E. F[isher] Mod. Divinity Title-p., Wherein every one may cleerly see how far he..deserveth the name of Legalist. 1651Baxter Saints' R. i. i. §6 (ed. 2) 8 To make Salvation the end of Duty, is to be a Legalist. 1678R. Barclay Apol. Quakers viii. §8. 252 There were no difference..betwixt those who are under the Gospel, and meer Legalists. 1826J. Jay Chr. Contemplated iii. 78 They were not Antinomians: they were not Legalists. 1860Trench Serm. Westm. Abb. xxxii. 370 He is not afraid of being called a legalist, a preacher of good works, instead of a preacher of faith. 1879Farrar St. Paul II. 73 Becoming a Jew to the Jews, a legalist to legalists.
2. A stickler for legality.
1865Pall Mall G. 19 Dec. 1 They are so far from being disorderly that they are the most prudish of legalists.
3. a. One versed in the law; one who views things from a legal standpoint.
1829Southey All for Love ix. xxii, A sorry legalist were he Who could not in thy boasted plea Detect its fatal flaw. 1838D. Jerrold Men Charac., J. Runnymede ii. Wks. 1864 III. 174 John, however, could not silently assent to the position of the legalist. 1861Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. III. clxvi. 187 No legalist dares maintain that [etc.]. 1897Fairbairn Catholicism (1899) 473 The whole attitude was..that of the legalist rather than the moralist.
b. An officer of the law; a bailiff. jocular.
1835Blackw. Mag. XXXVII. 867 The prostrate legalist..lay motionless.
Hence ˌlegaˈlistic a., of or pertaining to a legalist; characterized by legalism.
1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 1770 Legalistic Jewish Christians. 1894Thinker V. 439 Malachi was compelled to raise his voice against the extreme legalistic standpoint.
Add: legaˈlistically adv.
1934in Webster. 1939Federal Reporter (U.S.) 2nd Ser. cvi. 721/2Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act, relating to company-controlled unions, must not be construed so strictly or so legalistically so as to destroy its purpose or the legislative intent. 1971Ld. George-Brown In My Way vii. 136 All of this was legalistically true. 1994N.Y. Times 22 Nov. c6/1, I find it totally absurd to conclude legalistically that the endangered species act did not mean to include habitat. |