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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Jansenist

· Jan·sen·ist · IPA /dʒˈænsənɪst/
01 n. A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying fr…
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    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.(Eccl. Hist.)