The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases.
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Proof; evidence.
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The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositi…
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The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether tr…
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Flax; linen.
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The doctrine of the probabilists.
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One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
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One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
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Alt. of Casuistieal
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Alt. of Casuistieal
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