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Webster 1913 Edition


Convulsionist

Con-vul′sion-ist

,
Noun.
One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion;
as, the
Convulsionists
of St. Médard
.

Definition 2024


convulsionist

convulsionist

English

Noun

convulsionist (plural convulsionists)

  1. One who has convulsions.
    1. One of a group of eighteenth-century fanatics in France who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion.
      the Convulsionists of St. Médard