† punctualistn.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who considers or pays careful attention to points of conduct or ceremony.
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punctualist1616
1616 H. Wotton Let. 9 Sept. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 102 It was my duty to begin, even in the severest court of punctualists, besides that our love and fellowship are not bound to those fantastical laws.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 43 Bilson hath decipher'd us all the galanteries of Signore and Monsignore, and Monsieur as circumstantially as any punctualist of Casteel, Naples, or Fountain Bleau could have don.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Milton) Punctualist, one that is very exact in observing forms and ceremonies. [Also in later dictionaries.]]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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