Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who holds to the doctrine of probabiliorism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Casuistry) One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a man is bound to do that which is most probably right.
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- noun One who holds, in opposition to the
probabilists , that a person is bound to do that which is most probably right.
Etymologies
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From Latin probabilior, comparative of probabilis probable.
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Examples
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* If you hold that the less safe opinion can be followed only if it is more probable than the safe opinion, you are a probabiliorist.
Casuistry 2005
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The truth is, he was an ardent probabiliorist, and from his point of view many of the opinions of the probabilists were lax and pernicious.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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