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Jansenist(dictionary)

santalaceous (iou) and jansenist (medicine)


santalaceous (iou)



santalaceous adjective. M19.
[from mod. Latin Santalaceae, from Santalum (see below): see -ACEOUS.]
Botany. Of or pertaining to the family Santalaceae, of which Santalum (sandalwood) is the type genus.

jansenist (medicine)


jansenist


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.

Origin: F. Janseniste.

Source: Websters Dictionary