- a variation of casuistic.
casuistical
Example Sentences
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It has sometimes been thought of as an outward law, sometimes as an inward disposition; and each of these rival conceptions has developed a casuistical method of its own.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Indeed, he gave an instance of this reverence which might serve as a pretty text for a casuistical discussion.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury
This mention of Allan Cunningham recalls to my recollection an affair which retains one part of its interest to this day, arising out of the very important casuistical question which it involves.
From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by James Hogg
The tone is all the tone of cultivated society, the appeal is an appeal to the refined, casuistical intelligence.
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Jane Addams
Away toward Englewood hastened Mr. Middleton, reasoning with himself in a somewhat casuistical manner.
From The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Wardon Allan Curtis
