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disciplinarian(dictionary)

disciplinarian (iou)



disciplinarian noun & adjective. In Ecclesiastical History Disciplinarian. L16.
[formed as DISCIPLINARY + -AN: see -ARIAN.]
A. noun.
Ecclesiastical History. An Elizabethan Puritan who supported the Genevan or Presbyterian ecclesiastical polity. L16.
A person who maintains or advocates (strict) discipline in an army, school, etc. M17.
H. Melville Three of these officers..were strict disciplinarians.
b. adjective.
Ecclesiastical History. Of or belonging to the Disciplinarians (see sense A.1 above). L16.
Pertaining to discipline; disciplinary. M17.
disciplinarianism noun the principles and practice of a disciplinarian M19.