† ˈcarnalist Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ist; cf. sensualist.]
A habitual follower of carnal things; a ‘fleshly-minded’ or unspiritual man.
| 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iv. ii. i. (1651) 685 Meer carnalists, fleshly minded men. 1659 Eng. Univ. Distract. 21 Shallow headed, narrow-hearted Carnalists are pusled in it. 1829 Lond. Encycl. V. 172 A Carnalite is a worldly-minded man; a carnalist seems to be some shades darker in character. |