单词 | spikery |
释义 | > as lemmasˈspikery ˈspikery n. ‘spiky’ character or behaviour. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > rule, rubric > [noun] > conformity to > slavish formalizinga1656 externalness1667 rituality1679 externality1833 ritualism1838 rubricism1840 ecclesiolatry1847 ceremonialism1854 externalism1856 formalism1856 exterioritya1875 liturgism1926 spikery1965 1965 C. P. Pocknee Dearmer's Parson's Handbk. (ed. 13) vii. 85 There is no ancient authority for the custom of sitting for the psalms. This is a slovenly piece of modern ‘spikery’. 1980 A. N. Wilson Healing Art ix. 110 For all her spikery, there would always be a part of herself which found it impossible to shake off the freedoms of scepticism. < as lemmas |
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