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Casʹuist (3 syl)

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One who resolves casus conscientiœ (cases of conscience). M. le Fevre calls casuistry “the art of quibbling with God.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Caste
Castle Builder (A)
Castle in the Air
Castle of Bungay (My)
Castle of Indolence
Castle Terabil (or “Terrible”)
Castor
Castor and Pollux
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Casuist
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Cat-eyed
Cat Jumps (The)
Cat Stane
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