- strict adherence to a text, especially of the Scriptures.
- the doctrine that a legal document or statute should be interpreted by determining the relatively objective ordinary meaning of its words and phrases, without regard to historical context or legislative history: Textualism holds, that when applying the law, the words of the Constitution itself are to be the final authority.
- doctrinaire adherence to a text, esp of the Bible
- textual criticism, esp of the Bible
