necessitarian
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of necessitarian
First recorded in 1790–1800; necessit(y) + -arian
Example Sentences
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His letters show that he was not an opportunist but a confessed "necessitarian."
From Time Magazine Archive
The manner in which the necessitarian speaks of cause in his maxims, and reasonings, and pretended demonstrations, is of very great service to him.
From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Albert Taylor Bledsoe
The necessitarian may see the truth of this maxim clearly, but he applies it vaguely.
From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Albert Taylor Bledsoe
The justice of this remark may be shown, by a reference to the argument of the necessitarian.
From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Albert Taylor Bledsoe
Collins and Edwards, and the whole race of necessitarian theologians, evidently toil under insurmountable difficulties, while attempting to base religion upon this doctrine, and effect their escape only under a fog of subtleties.
From A Review of Edwards's by Henry Philip Tappan
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