Obs. [f. as prec. + -IST; cf. sensualist.] A habitual follower of carnal things; a ‘fleshly minded’ or unspiritual man.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., III. iv. II. i. (1651), 685. Meer carnalists, fleshly minded men.
1659. Eng. Univ. Distract., 21. Shallow-headed, narrow-hearted Carnalists are pusled in it.
1829. Lond. Encycl., V. 172. A Carnalite is a worldly-minded man; a carnalist seems to be some shades darker in character.
