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Definition of: legalism

(lēgəl·iz′əm) noun
1. Close adherence to law; strict conformity to law.
2. Theol. The doctrine of salvation by works, as distinguished from that by grace.
3. The tendency to observe the letter rather than the spirit of the law.
—le′gal·ist
noun
—le
gal·is′tic adjective

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