Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One given to the indulgence of sensual appetites.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sensualist.
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- noun A
sensualist .
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Examples
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Good gods! could one but see what passes in the closet of wisdom! how ridiculous a sight must it be to behold the wise man, who despises gratifying his palate, devouring custard; the sober wise man with his dram-bottle; or, the anti-carnalist (if I may be allowed the expression) chuckling over a b-- dy book or picture, and perhaps caressing his house-maid!
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Good gods! could one but see what passes in the closet of wisdom! how ridiculous a sight must it be to behold the wise man, who despises gratifying his palate, devouring custard; the sober wise man with his dram-bottle; or, the anti-carnalist (if I may be allowed the expression) chuckling over a b-- dy book or picture, and perhaps caressing his house-maid!
A journey from this world to the next — Volume 2 Henry Fielding 1730
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Here are such clear discoveries of the vileness of sin, of its direct opposition to a holy God, and his most holy will, of its woful soul-damning effects, as may convince the most profane and stout-hearted carnalist, and awake him out of his soul-destroying sleep of security and presumption.
The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640
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