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Thomistic, a.|təʊˈmɪstɪk|
[f. prec. + -ic.]
Of or pertaining to the Thomists or their doctrines.
1881Nature XXIII. 235 On the recent restoration of the scholastic and tomistic philosophy. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 358 [Cajetan] was generally considered the real head of the Thomistic school. 1889E. H. Dering (title) On Universals: an Exposition of Thomistic Doctrine. By Father Matteo Liberatore, S.J.
So Thoˈmistical a. = prec.; Thoˈmisticate v. intr. (nonce-wd.), to argue or discourse in the manner of the Thomists; to ‘split hairs’, use over-refined arguments.
1533Tindale Supper of Lord C v b, Howe farre lo, M. More is thys your straunge *thomystical sense from the flate letter? 1642J. Eaton Honey-c. Free Justif. 120 The Thomisticall distinctions of the Schoolemen. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 171 The rigorous Calvinistical and Thomistical Opinion of Predestination.
1730Lewis Life of Fisher (1855) I. 194 In defence of the mass's being a sacrifice, the king thus *Thomisticates. |