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precisian
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pre·ci·sian  (pr-szhn)
n.
1. One who is strict and precise in adherence to established rules, forms, or standards, especially with regard to religious observance or moral behavior.
2. A Puritan.

[From precise.]

pre·cisian·ism n.

precisian [prɪˈsɪʒən]
n
a punctilious observer of rules or forms, esp in the field of religion
precisianism  n

precisian - An overly precise person, a strict observer of rules and procedures.
See also related terms for rules.


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His later portraits settle into the smug formality of much Dutch portraiture, tedious partly because the sitters, usually people of no interest, were rich enough to purchase verisimilitudes of their squat, ostentatiously well-endowed, mercantile dullness from such precisians as the fashionable Nicolaes Pickenoy.
 
 
 
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