Jansenismn.
/ˈdʒansənɪz(ə)m/, /ˈdʒansn̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈdʒænsəˌnɪzəm/ The doctrinal system of the Jansenists.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Jansenism or Jansenianism, the Tenets and Opinion of Cornelius Jansenius late Bishop of Ypres.
1669 T. Gale (title) A true idea of Jansenisme, both historick and dogmatick.
1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour IV. 11 Jansenism was thought in great measure suppressed.
1816 M. Schimmelpennick Abbé de St. Cyran I. 196 Jansenism may then be said to be in doctrine the Calvinism, and in practice the Methodism of the Romish church.
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