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.
One who pretends or lays claim to something; one who makes a profession, show, or assertion, esp. without adequate grounds, falsely, or with intent to deceive; a dissembler, deceiver, charlatan, hypocrite.
A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; orig. in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.
A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne.