textuary
/ˈtɛkstʃuˌɛri/
noun
- A person who is very knowledgeable about or devoted to the study of texts, especially religious or literary ones.
- The professor was a well-known textuary who could recite ancient manuscripts from memory.
- As a textuary, she spent most of her time in the library analyzing old scrolls.
- The church council consulted a textuary to verify the authenticity of the document.
Synonyms
adjective
- Relating to or based on a text, especially a sacred or authoritative one.
- The debate was purely textuary, focusing on the exact wording of the law.
- The scholar's textuary approach meant he relied only on written sources, not oral traditions.
- Her textuary interpretation of the poem ignored the author's personal life.