Thomisticadj.
/təʊˈmɪstɪk/ Of or pertaining to the Thomists or their doctrines.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > patristics > Fathers of the Church > [adjective] > individual
Thomistical1533
angelical1560
Origenical1600
Origenian1661
Origenic1678
angelic1826
Ignatian1832
Thomist1845
Origenistic1853
Origenizing1880
Thomistic1881
Isidorian1882
neo-Thomist1925
1881 Nature 6 Jan. 235/2 On the recent restoration of the scholastic and tomistic philosophy.
1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 358 [Cajetan] was generally considered the real head of the Thomistic school.
1889 E. H. Dering (title) On Universals: an Exposition of Thomistic Doctrine. By Father Matteo Liberatore, S.J.
Derivatives
Thoˈmistical adj. = Thomistic adj.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > patristics > Fathers of the Church > [adjective] > individual
Thomistical1533
angelical1560
Origenical1600
Origenian1661
Origenic1678
angelic1826
Ignatian1832
Thomist1845
Origenistic1853
Origenizing1880
Thomistic1881
Isidorian1882
neo-Thomist1925
1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde C v b Howe farre lo, M. More is thys your straunge thomystical sense from the flate letter?
1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 120 The Thomisticall distinctions of the Schoolemen.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 171 The rigorous Calvinistical and Thomistical Opinion of Predestination.
Thoˈmisticate v. (intransitive) to argue or discourse in the manner of the Thomists; to ‘split hairs’, use over-refined arguments.Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > pursue subtleties [verb (intransitive)]
windc1386
subtlec1390
subtilea1450
subtilize1592
to cut a feathera1634
to split a hair or hairs1674
to split straws1674
to split words1674
Thomisticate1730
subtlize1821
1730 J. Lewis Life Fisher (1855) I. 194 In defence of the mass's being a sacrifice, the king thus Thomisticates.
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