casuist
Example Sentences
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Beneath the glamorous raiment one can also glimpse the wily casuist who accepts the flimsiest excuse for invading France and courts his future wife knowing he has already won her as a spoil of war.
From Time Magazine Archive
I feel only pity," concluded Stimson, "for the casuist who would dismiss the Nazi leaders because 'they were not warned it was a crime.'
From Time Magazine Archive
I wish to converse with you, Albert, only as a casuist; and upon a point of conscience which you alone can settle.
From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny
He modestly referred his friend to Dr. Barlow, as a far more able casuist, though not a more cordial friend.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah
Seneca, as a casuist and spiritual director, was not likely to undervalue the importance of definite precept, adapted to the circumstances of the case.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
