单词 | letter-worship |
释义 | > as lemmasletter-worship letter-worship n. excessive or pedantic attention to rules or laws, esp. religious ones. ΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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