Jansenism
Americannoun
noun
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RC Church the doctrine of the Cornelis Jansen and his disciples, who maintained that salvation was limited to those subject to a supernatural determinism, the rest being destined to perdition
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the religious movement arising from these doctrines
Other Word Forms
- Jansenist noun
- Jansenistic adjective
- Jansenistical adjective
Etymology
Origin of Jansenism
From the French word jansénisme, dating back to 1650–60. See Jansen, -ism
Example Sentences
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So the word ‘fact’ in its modern sense becomes respectable in English only after 1661, while in French it was at first a word particularly associated with Jansenism.
From Literature
The Jesuits see that too, and are very willing to furnish such occupation; but the King, who thinks himself a new St. George, is tired of persecuting Jansenism.
From Project Gutenberg
This question of Jansenism and Molinism occupied France for about two hundred years.
From Project Gutenberg
His treasonable life had awakened the hostility of the great Richelieu long before the advent of Jansenism, and he had spent years of weary confinement in the prison of Vincennes.
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Jansenism and Freemasonry particularly occupied the Inquisition under Ferdinand VI.
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