nomistic
/nəˈmɪstɪk/adjective
Especially of religion: based on law; legalistic.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Estlin Carpenter (1824–1927), Unitarian minister and college head. From ancient Greek νόμος law + -istic, after Dutch nomistisch.
- the scales fall from someone's eyes
- the scheme of things
- the school of hard knocks
- the Scillies
- these
- the Secession
- these days
- these presents
- the Serpent
- Theseus
- the seven deadly sins
- the seven seas
- the seven-year itch
- the Seychelles
- the Shades
- the shape of things to come
- the sharp end
- the Shetlands
- the Shires
- the shirt off (or on) one's back
- the short end of the stick
- the sick man of ——
- Thesiger, Wilfred
- the silent majority
- the silent treatment