scrupulosity
111scrupulous — adj. 1 conscientious or thorough even in small matters. 2 careful to avoid doing wrong. 3 punctilious; over attentive to details. Derivatives: scrupulosity n. scrupulously adv. scrupulousness n. Etymology: ME f. F scrupuleux or L scrupulosus (as… …
112scru|pu|los|i|ty — «SKROO pyuh LOS uh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. the fact or condition of being scrupulous; strict regard for what is right; scrupulous care: »Albert, with characteristic scrupulosity, attempted to thread his way through the complicated labyrinth… …
113GENTILE — GENTILE, non Jew. It was only during the later Second Temple period that a sharp distinction and a barrier of separation was erected between the Jew and the gentile. The prohibition of marriage, which in the Bible was limited to the seven… …
