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Meanings of casuist in English

Catalan
sofista

Someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious.

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Usage of casuist in English
1
This was the cry of honesty; not the counsel of a casuist.
Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1
2
In all that comes between, every man must be his own casuist.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I
3
He was no subtle casuist, and found himself without words to reply.
The Silver Horde
4
I am not, dear lady, casuist enough to answer you that question.
Rattlin the Reefer
5
Upon my word, Julia, you are quite a casuist on this subject.
Tales for Fifteen; Or, Imagination and Heart
6
Beshrew me, 'tis a wary and subtle deceiver, this same casuist love.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
7
And it was a pretty trick, you will admit, casuist that you are.
The Grey Cloak
8
What casuist will find the heart to deny him so innocent a pleasure?
The Collectors: Being Cases mostly under the Ninth and Tenth Com...
9
The ethics of my answer I leave to the casuist.
The Red Planet
10
I had not thought I entertained so close a casuist in Mr Henry Wilder.
The Red Rover: A Tale
11
The sword, father, is the best theologian, the best casuist.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 / A Magaz...
12
As clear an explanation as the shrewdest casuist could desire!
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
13
Here am I arguing with myself like a very casuist!
Against the Grain
14
The city casuist might have smiled at the major premise-andlaughed at the ingenuous conclusion.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896
15
Gregory, what a casuist you might have been had not nature made you a villain!
The Tavern Knight
16
I would have you great, but in the senate, not a wretched casuist at the Bar.
Lucretia — Volume 04
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