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From Baian + -ism, after the Roman Catholic theologian Michael Baius (1513-1589).
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Today it means: A school of thought, the immediate historical predecessor of Jansenism, that claimed thorough Augustinianism over the scholasticism which held sway over most Catholic theologians at the time. Full definition →
From Baian + -ism, after the Roman Catholic theologian Michael Baius (1513-1589).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.