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单词 letter-worship
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letter-worship
letter-worship n. excessive or pedantic attention to rules or laws, esp. religious ones.
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1822 T. Patching Relig. Convincement & Plea 315 Among all these notions, what do we see more than tradition; or letter worship at most?
1896 F. S. Boas Shakespeare & his Predecessors x. 232 Portia's saving plea is grounded upon the equally slavish letter-worship of the Roman Law.
1997 G. H. Box tr. C. Cornill Introd. Canonical Bks. Old Test. xix. 483 Talmudic Judaism has..lapsed into the dreariest letter-worship, killing out all living power.
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