Formalist
/ˈfɔɹml̩ˌɪst/
"Formalist" in a Sentence (1 examples)
The Besht preached that the simple man, imbued with native faith and able to pray fervently and wholeheartedly with a sense of joy in his heart, was nearer and dearer to God than the learned but joyless formalist spending his whole life in the study of Talmud.