assumptionist

noun

as·sump·tion·ist | \ -shənə̇st\

plural -s

Definition of assumptionist

1 : one who favored the taking over by the federal government of the states' debts incurred during the American Revolution

2 usually capitalized : augustinian of the assumption

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