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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Textua(i)re, Textuary, -ie, n., adj. [17th c. Eng. textuary, F. textuaire, mod. L. type *textuārius.] a. An interpreter or scholar of the text (Text n. 2) of the scriptures. b. adj. Authoritative. —a. 1598 James VI Basil. Doron 36/6.
Quhen ye reide the scripture … reid uith delyte the plaine placis & studdie cairfullie to understande thaise that are sumquhat difficill, prease to be a goode textuaire [1599 textuare, 1616 textuarie] for the scripture is euer the best interpretere of the self, bot prease not curiouslie to seike out farther nor is conteined thairin a1639 Spotsw. Hist. (1677) App. 20.
He was learned in the Hebrew and was a great textuary —b. 1632 Lithgow Trav. ix 395.
Euclide, the textuary geometrician