casuist

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He issued an ingenious pamphlet with this title: "The Casuist uncased; in a Dialogue betwixt Richard and Baxter, with a moderator between them, for quietness sake."

From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth

That is using a right Lover's argument, and I dare dispute no longer with so profound a Casuist.

From The Monk; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)

So the Grand Old Casuist says, Speaking with the sager caution of his earlier calmer days.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 1, 1890 by Various

Accordingly there is not a Lady at Court, nor a Banker in Lombard Street, who is not verily persuaded that Captain Steele is the greatest scholar and best Casuist of any man in England.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

Knotty Question Discussed," wherein is proved that under certain circumstances, Wrong is Right, and Right is Wrong, by a Casuist of the Sorbonne.—"

From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)