Scrupulosity
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The property of being scrupulous; excessive attention to scruples. countable, uncountable
"So then the whole scripture of God, being true, whence soever this be delivered and gathered, it skilleth not: And it is of us to be taken without curious scrupulosity, as sacred and undoubted scripture, seeing it was written by the holy apostle, into whom the holy Ghost was inspired, as is witnessed."
Example
More examples"So then the whole scripture of God, being true, whence soever this be delivered and gathered, it skilleth not: And it is of us to be taken without curious scrupulosity, as sacred and undoubted scripture, seeing it was written by the holy apostle, into whom the holy Ghost was inspired, as is witnessed."
Etymology
From scrupulo(u)s + -ity, from Latin scrupulositas.
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