gymnobiblismn.
rare.
The opinion that the bare text of the Bible, ‘without note or comment’, may be safely put before the unlearned as a sufficient guide to religious truth.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [noun] > strict adherence to
gymnobiblism1826
textuality1836
Biblicism1843
scripturalism1845
bibliolatry1847
grammatolatry1847
textualism1863
Biblism1879
1826 Bp. Jebb in C. Forster Corr. (1834) II. 539 As to distributing the Bible, gymno-biblism is less in fashion than it was.
Derivatives
gymnoˈbiblical adj. pertaining to, or holding, this opinion.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [adjective] > conforming to > strictly
Scripturian1609
textual1613
textuary1613
gymnobiblical1834
bibliolatrous1847
1834 C. Forster Life Bp. Jebb (1836) ii. 88 Assailed..on the one hand, by the gymnobiblical protestant, and, on the other hand, by the priest-governed Romanist.
gymnoˈbiblist n. a believer in ‘gymnobiblism’.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [noun] > strict adherence to > person
scripturer?1550
Scripturary1563
Scripturian1565
ink-divine1604
scripturist1604
textual1613
text-man1619
textualist1629
Scripturarian1652
scripturalist?1702
textuary1728
Bible-bigot1766
Bible-moth1789
bibliolatrist1826
Biblist1836
Biblicist1837
gymnobiblist1844
bibliolater1847
1844 W. H. Mill Serm. Tempt. Christ Notes 155 Those whom the late Bishop Jebb and Mr. Knox term Gymnobiblists.
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