A person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty.
One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
Someone who attempts to specify exact and precise rules for the direction of every circumstance of behaviour.
A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
In France, in 1815-30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.
Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.