scruple-shop
scruple-shop · scruple-shops
A place where religious matters are debated, particularly with the aim of relieving…A place where religious matters are debated, particularly with the aim of relieving participants of their scruples of conscience.
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)A place where religious matters are debated, particularly with the aim of relieving participants of their scruples of conscience.
Origin
Compound of scruple + shop. Originally applied derogatorily by Oxford students to a particCompound of scruple + shop. Originally applied derogatorily by Oxford students to a particular group of seven Presbyterian ministers who established weekly meetings to discuss questions of conscience in Oxford in 1646.
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Forms
plural: scruple-shops| Singular | scruple-shop |
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