caviller

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“Why does not God keep the Sabbath?” a caviller asked of a Jew.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus

A public accuser would be intolerable, or even a caviller, who should inveigh against sins for which he himself is called in question.

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony

As to any mistakes I have made in computation, they are of little moment; and I shall not descend so low as to justify them against any caviller.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Scott, Temple

He was no conceited or froward caviller at authority, nor born rebel against established teachers and governors.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by Morley, John

There he was unstable, indecisive, happy-go-lucky, a trifler, a procrastinator; hopelessly unpractical himself, and what was much more tiresome, a consistent caviller at the practical in others.

From Denis Dent A Novel by Hornung, Ernest W.