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Definition of Legalism
1. Noun. Strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit.
Definition of Legalism
1. n. Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming to law.
Definition of Legalism
1. Noun. A philosophy of focusing on the text of written law to the exclusion of the intent of law, elevating strict adherence to law over justice, mercy, grace and common sense. ¹
2. Noun. A legal axiom; a statement couched as a proverb expressing a rule of law. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Legalism
1. strict conformity to the law [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Legalism
Literary usage of Legalism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Defects in English Religion: And Other Sermons by John Neville Figgis (1917)
"legalism does the opposite. Its God is an irate governess. Sentimentalism lands
us in the ... legalism reduces Eternal Love to a pettifogging attorney. ..."
2. The Man of Nazareth by Frederick Lincoln Anderson (1914)
"CHAPTER V HOW JESUS HANDLED legalism THE Judaism of Jesus' day was a ...
This system we call legalism.1 The Pharisees were the especial exponents of this ..."
3. A Guidebook to the Biblical Literature by John Franklin Genung (1919)
"legalism AND ITS AUSTERITIES ,. ** will be remembered that the Jewish people,
... that by modern scholars the name has been given, "the night of legalism. ..."
4. A Guidebook to the Biblical Literature by John Franklin Genung (1919)
"legalism AND ITS AUSTERITIES It will be remembered that the Jewish people, with
whose literary history our Book II is dealing, are called " The Horizon ..."
5. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1895)
"THE mediaeval type of religion, in contrast with prim itive Christianity, is
pervaded by a certain legalism. Everything is prescribed, reduced to rule, ..."
6. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"... in contrast with primitive Christianity, is pervaded by a certain legalism.
Everything is prescribed, reduced to rule, subjected to authority. ..."
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