Jansenist

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noun

Jan·​sen·​ist -nə̇st 

plural -s

1

: an adherent of Jansenism

2

: a member of the Church of Utrecht in Holland originating by schism from the Roman Catholic Church in 1723 and forming part of the Old Catholic Church since 1889

Jansenist

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adjective

"

variants or less commonly Jansenistic

¦⸗⸗¦nistik 

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jansenists or Jansenism

Word History

Etymology

Noun

French janséniste, from C. Jansen + French -iste -ist

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