1. relating to or based on a text, especially a religious or authoritative text
Usage: formal

1. a person who is well-versed in or strictly adheres to texts, especially religious texts
Usage: formal; rare

Examples

• The scholar’s textuary approach focused entirely on biblical passages.
• His textuary interpretation left no room for modern adaptations.
• The professor was known as a textuary who could quote extensively from classical works.
• She adopted a textuary method in her literary analysis.
• The textuary insisted on following the original manuscript exactly.
• Their textuary knowledge of ancient texts was impressive.