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Meanings of casuist in английском

каталонский
sofista

Someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious.

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        Usage of casuist in английском
        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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        каталонский
        sofistacasuista
        Casuist through the time
        Casuist across language varieties
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