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Definition of Probabilist
1. n. One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions.
Definition of Probabilist
1. Noun. Someone who studies probability, a particular branch of mathematics. ¹
2. Noun. A follower of probabilism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Probabilist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Probabilist
Literary usage of Probabilist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theological Monthly (1889)
"Now, then, we have seen that when a nobleman intended to take a false oath, a
probabilist Confessor held that whatever the deed might be " materially," it ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1893)
"It runs counter to my ethical views, for I am not as yet a probabilist. ...
She opened her mind to a probabilist Fath« of the Society of Jesus, who smoothed ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... and indeed towards the end of his life frequently declared that he was not a
probabilist. probabilists sometimes hold that St. Alphonsus never changed ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... (1767) of his "Moral Theology" he again expressed these views, and indeed
towards the end of his life frequently declared that he was not a probabilist. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... anil indeed towards the end of his life frequently declared that he was not
a probabilist. probabilists sometimes hold that St. Alphonsus never changed ..."
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