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Webster 1913 Edition


Jansenist

Jan′sen-ist

,
Noun.
[F.
Janséniste
.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of
Cornelius
Jansen
, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jansenist

JAN'SENIST

,
Noun.
A follower of Jansen, bishop of Ypres, in Flanders.