† work-holyn.depreciativeObsoleterare (with the and plural agreement) people who believe or expect that their own actions, rather than God's grace, will bring about justification before God; cf. sense 1c, workmongern.
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1528 W. TyndaleObed. Christen Man f. xlijv The sophistres, werkeholy, & iustifiars..which so magnifie their dedes.