a. [f. prec. + -IST + -IC.] Pertaining to or exhibiting formularization.
1857. Lond. Q. Rev., VIII. July, 412. Those precepts which were formerly disseminated as spiritual instruction, whose authority commended itself to the conscience alone, became now the law of the nation, were uttered in brief formularistic style, enforced by legal sanctions, limited by precise definitions, upheld by minute protective enactments, and mixed up with the domestic habits and great political institutions of the people.
