(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:06:33

Dis`ci*plin*a"ri*an (?), a.

Pertaining to discipline.

"Displinarian system."

Milman.

 

© Webster 1913.

Dis`ci*plin*a"ri*an, n.

1.

One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar.

2.

A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline.

[Obs.]

 

© Webster 1913.

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