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Formalist

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Formalist'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/formalist.html. 1828.