1. jansenist - Noun
2. jansenist - Adjective
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBlaise spoke with the doctors frequently, and upon his successful treatment of Étienne, borrowed from them works by Jansenist authors. Source: Internet
Mahan, 251. Her approach to religious piety differed from the approach of her predecessors, as she was influenced by Jansenist ideas. Source: Internet
The power of the absolute monarchy was manifested by its suppression of Jansenist and Gallican religious opposition. Source: Internet
He got married at about this time to the pious Catherine de Romanet, and his religious beliefs and devotion to the Jansenist sect were revived. Source: Internet
In 1692, Quesnel published Réflexions morales sur le Nouveau Testament, a devotional guide to the New Testament which laid out the Jansenist position in strong terms. Source: Internet
The connection between the larger French Jansenist movement and the smaller, more radical convulsionnaire phenomenon is difficult to state with precision. Source: Internet