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casuistical, a.|kæzjuːˈɪstɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
Pertaining to casuists or casuistry; relating to the solving of cases of conscience.
1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 617 His Casuisticall Sermon, wherein the Prophet at large resolves the Jews in a case of conscience touching Fasting. 1748Hartley Observ. Man ii. iii. 293 The endless Subtleties and Intricacies of Casuistical Divinity. 1791Boswell Johnson (1831) V. 201 We talked of the casuistical question, ‘Whether it was allowable at any time to depart from truth?’ 1876Freeman Norm. Conq. V. xxiii. 143 We also see in Anselm himself the beginning of those casuistical distinctions. |