casuistic, a.
(kæzjuːˈɪstɪk)
[f. prec. + -ic.]
= next. (Often with a sinister application: see casuistry.)
| 1660 Gauden Brownrig 208 All points and parts of Religion, Dogmatick, Polemick, Practick, Casuistick. 1816 Monthly Mag. XLII. 36 Diving into the weedy pool of casuistic argument. 1872 Tulloch Ration. Theol. I. vi. 353 Those casuistic tendencies which..gave complexion to his [Jeremy Taylor's] theological culture. 1875 I. G. Smith Dict. Chr. Antiq. s.v. Celibacy, The great casuistic Epistle [1 Corinthians]. |