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probabiliorist|prɒbəˈbɪlɪərɪst| [= F. probabilioriste, mod.L. probābiliōrista, f. L. probābilior more probable, compar. of probābilis: see -ist.] One who holds the doctrine of probabiliorism.
1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Probabilists, Those who oppose this doctrine [of the Probabilists], and assert, that we are obliged, on pain of sinning, always to take the more probable side, are called probabiliorists. The Jansenists, and particularly the Port-royalists, are probabiliorists. 1768J. Baretti Acc. Mann. & Cust. Italy II. 49 The vain disputes between the..Probabilists and the Probabiliorists, have long divided our friars into nearly equal parties. 1885Catholic Dict. 602/2 The Probabiliorists put no restraint on liberty, where a man was convinced on solid grounds that the balance of evidence was decidedly in favour of his liberty. |