cavillation

cavillation

(ˌkævɪˈleɪʃən)
n
any objection made to or dispute raised about trivial points or frivolities
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
(29) Thomas Cranmer, "An Answer to a Crafty and Sophistical Cavillation Devised by Stephen Gardiner," in Writings and Disputations of Thomas Cranmer Relative to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, ed.
Cette journee renvoie a la beaute et a l'esthetique, et a ete une source d'inspiration pour les etudiants afin de reveler les coutumes, gastronomie, art, modes de vie et toute une vision du monde de la cavillation indienne.
Zacchaeus was a tax collector, and was rich when he received Jesus as a guest in his house: "And Zacchaeus stood forth, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor: and if I have taken from any man by forged cavillation, I restore him fourfold.
An Answer unto a Crafty and Sophistical Cavillation Devised by Stephen Gardiner.