单词 | legalist |
释义 | legalistn.adj. A. n. 1. Theology. An adherent or advocate of legalism (legalism n. 1); a person who believes in justification by works. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > good works > [noun] > reliance on good works for salvation > doctrine of salvation by > person adhering to work-holy1528 legalist1630 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > [noun] > Mosaic dispensation > expounder of lawyer1526 law-worker1577 legalist1630 law-preacher1645 1630 E. Cary tr. J. D. Du Perron Reply to Answeare of King iv. iii. 391 He [sc. saint Iames] had not gone about..to receiue the Gentiles into the Church, and by this meanes had not lost his creditt in the behalfe of the legalists [Fr. des Legalistes]. 1651 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) i. i. §6. 8 To make Salvation the end of Duty, is to be a Legalist. 1678 R. Barclay Apol. True Christian Divinity viii. §8. 252 There were no difference..betwixt those who are under the Gospel, and meer Legalists. 1742 G. Whitefield Nine Serm. ix. 250 I care not how many Legalists and self-righteous Pharisees murmur against me, for offering Salvation to the worst of Sinners. 1750 J. Bellamy True Relig. Delineated i. ii. 92 The Legalist thinks, that God loves him and will save him for his Duties. 1826 W. Jay Christian Contemplated iii. 78 They were not Antinomians: they were not Legalists. 1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxxii. 370 He is not afraid of being called a legalist, a preacher of good works, instead of a preacher of faith. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxii. 73 Becoming a Jew to the Jews, a legalist to legalists. 1928 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 167 A legalist who takes a literal view of the formalities of the Church may object that he is on the same doubtful ground as some of the other controversialists. 1993 C. S. Keener IVP Bible Background Comm. 535/2 The legalist who is obsessed with addressing his or her own spirituality by fleshly means will have little patience with the spiritual needs of others. 2. a. A person versed in the law; a person who views things from a legal standpoint. ΘΚΠ society > law > jurisprudence > [noun] > legal knowledge or skill > one learned in the law legisterc1300 man of lawc1390 doctorc1400 legist?c1425 jurisconsultorc1550 lawyer?1566 Bartolist1602 jurisconsult1605 jurista1626 jurisprudent1628 legalist1771 jurisprudist1793 jurisprudentialist1827 1771 Middlesex Jrnl. 9 Apr. When men..dispense with the Laws, violate the Laws, or claim and exercise a power which the Laws have not given;..it is no better than the Omnipotence of the Evil One... I am, Sir, Your humble servant, A Legalist. ?1790 J. Stewart Revol. of Reason 209 This makes conscience the paramount law, which arraigns the legalist, the politician, and the moralist at the bar of truth. 1829 R. Southey All for Love ix. 97 A sorry legalist were he Who could not in thy boasted plea Detect its fatal flaw. 1861 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem III. clxvi. 187 No legalist dares maintain that it makes a difference. 1899 A. M. Fairbairn Catholicism x. 473 The whole attitude was..that of the legalist rather than of the moralist. 1955 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 19 Apr. 2/1 We are constantly harangued by the legalist that we would be at the mercy of every mad gunman were it not for our laws. 1965 Steubenville (Ohio) Herald-Star 1 Apr. 6/1 Through the years, a certain kind of legalist has specialized in subverting constitutional guarantees of full citizenship for Negroes. 2012 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 28 Nov. A12/3 He [sc. Lincoln] was a legalist to the core. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > bailiff beadlec1000 ridemanlOE cacherela1325 outrider1332 bailiff1377 catchpolea1382 bailiec1386 officer?1387 sheriff's manc1400 attacher1440 messenger1482 tipped staffc1500 servitor1527 bailie-errant1528 processar1534 bum-bailiff1560 tipstaff1570 nut-hook1600 saffo1607 servera1612 bailiff-errant1612 bum-bailey1615 process servera1616 buckle-bosom1622 bumbee1653 exploiter1653 moar1656 bum1659 bummer1675 bumbail1696 bulldog1699 sheriff's officer1703 bum-trap1749 bound-bailiff1768 shelly-coata1774 body snatcher1778 lurcher1785 fool-finder1796 messenger1801 bugaboo1809 borough-bailiff1812 sheriff mair1812 speciality1815 grab1823 legalist1835 candy man1863 writter1882 sheriff1928 1835 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 37 867 The prostrate legalist..lay motionless. 3. derogatory. A stickler for legality. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [noun] > respect for or observance of law > exaggerated > person legalist1865 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Dec. 1 They are so far from being disorderly that they are the most prudish of legalists. 1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 261/2 It seems to be a fond notion with the legalists and authoritarians that the vast majority of mankind would at once begin to..misconduct itself if the restraints of law and authority were removed. 1957 Greeley (Colorado) Daily Tribune 11 Feb. 4/1 He turned out to be an interpreter of the constitution with i-dotting and t-crossing, strictly a legalist. 2013 L. Epstein et al. Behaviour Federal Judges 386 The existence of dissent is an embarrassment for a legalist (for why cannot judges reason their way to an agreed-upon outcome, in all but the rarest cases?). B. adj. Of or relating to legalists or legalism; characterized by legalism. ΚΠ 1886 V. H. Stanton Jewish & Christian Messiah iii. ii. 300 They showed the absolute opposition between the legalist spirit so common in Judaism and that of the gospel. a1919 J. M. Johanson Ess., Verse & Lett. (1920) 93 This legalist mind would like to have it sharply defined. 1986 J. Mitchell & A. Oakley What is Feminism? Introd. 4 Deborah Rhode's essay explores the tensions between feminist theory and the liberal legalist traditions that have shaped its development. 2001 Financial Director Feb. 15/1 I'd like to think we'll have a less legalist document in the UK. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1630 |
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