Definition of "casuist" [cas•u•ist]

• A person who is expert in or given to casuistry. (noun)

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• "If the ascetic moralist was a quasi - mathematician, the casuist was a kind of medical man."
• ""But tell me, Tribune, you who are a notable casuist, which is the best for a state -- that its governor should be over-thrifty or over-lavish?""
• "The casuist may therefore cherry pick his route to his destination."