Disciplinarian

Pertaining to discipline. -n. One who enforces discipline, or adherence to stated rules; a martinet. -pl. ( Eccl.) A term once applied to the Puritans and Presbyterians. Disciplinary, a . [Fr. disciplinaire , from L. Lat. dis ciplinarius.] Pertaining to discipline, or government by strict rules; relating to a regular course of education; intended for instruction. Discipline, (dis'se - plin ,) n. [Lat. disciplina , from dis cipulus , a disciple.] Instruction; teaching; education; training; cultivation; improvement; culture; instruction, and government; method of government; order; rule; that which is taught; art; science; subjection to laws, rules, orders, precepts, or regulations; punishment; chastisement; correction. ( Eccl .) The punishments employed in convents, and those which enthusiasts undergo or inflict upon themselves by way of mortification.