jansenist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an advocate of Jansenism

WordNet

Jan"sen*ist noun
Etymology
F. Janséniste.
Definitions
  1. (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 1913