Definitions for: Jansenist

[n] an advocate of Jansenism

Webster (1913) Definition: Jan"sen*ist, n. [F. Jans['e]niste.] (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.

See Also: advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent