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textuary
[ teks-choo-er-ee ]
adjective
- of or relating to a text; textual.
noun
- a textualist.
textuary
/ ˈtɛkstjʊərɪ /
adjective
- of, relating to, or contained in a text
noun
- a textual critic
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
For as he was faithful in declaring the whole counsel of God to his people, in warning them against the evils of the time, so he was likewise a great textuary, close in handling any truth he discoursed upon, and in the application most home, warm and searching, shewing himself a most skilful casuist.
Let not the twelve but p. 63the two tables be thy law: let Pythagoras be thy remembrancer, not thy textuary and final instructor: and learn the vanity of the world, rather from Solomon than Phocylydes.
The result of this unusual privilege was that the great Textuary has issued by far the most accurate and satisfactory edition which we possess at present.
Theodotian of old, and Tremillius of late, have retained the Textuary word; and so have the Italian, Low Dutch, and English Translators, that is, the Men of Arvad were upon thy Walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy Towers.
Some who have had the honour to be textuary in divinity are of opinion it shall be the same specifical fire with ours.
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