Both Uses of
stringent
in
The Da Vinci Code
- It amazed him to think the Vatican was failing at every turn to provide coherent, stringent guidelines for spiritual growth and yet somehow still found time to give astrophysics lectures to tourists.†
Chpt 33-34 *
- Not surprisingly, the media spotlighted their spiritual commitment only briefly before moving on to the shock value of the sect's more stringent "numerary" members… members like the monk now lying on the floor before Langdon.†
Chpt 65-66
Definition:
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(stringent) demanding strict attention to detailed rules and procedures