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tutiorist R.C. Theol.|ˈtjuːʃɪərɪst|
[f. L. tūtior safer, comp. of tūtus safe + -ist.]
One who holds that in cases of conscience the course of greater moral safety should be chosen. Cf. rigorist 2 and laxist. Also attrib. So ˈtutiorism, the doctrine of the tutiorists; a less strict form of rigorism.
1845Gladstone Glean. (1879) VII. 192 There is also in the Latin Church a rigid school of those who pass by the name of Tutiorists. These hold that even such likelihood is insufficient, and that certainty is required as a warrant for our acts. 1885Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 602/2 The Rigorists, or Tutiorists..held that we must always take the safer way, always sacrifice our freedom, however small the probability that our freedom is restrained by the law. Ibid. 603/2 We cannot see that Probabiliorism is logical and consistent,..the arguments adduced by its advocates really tend to Tutiorism. 1906Ch. Times 2 Mar. 291 Hence the prevailing ‘tutiorist’ tone [in the Lower House of Convocation]. |