Definition of Cavillation. Meaning of Cavillation. Synonyms of Cavillation

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Definition of Cavillation

Cavillation
Cavillation Cav`il*la"tion (-l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.[F. cavillation, L. cavillatio.] Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] --Hooker.

Meaning of Cavillation from wikipedia

- the Commonalty of Scotland (1558) On Predestination in Answer to the Cavillations by an Anabaptist (1560) The History of the Reformation in Scotland (1586–1587)...
- Elizabeth Hoby in 1605; and possibly An Answer unto a Crafty and Sophistical Cavillation (1550) as ghost-writer for Cranmer. The Diallecticon, an anonymous publication...