Port-Royalist

noun

An inhabitant of the Cistercian convent of Port-Royal-des-Champs, and later of Port-Royal Abbey, near Paris, France.

“Among the Port-Royalists when the abbey was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century were Antoine Arnauld, Blaise Pascal, and other famous scholars.”

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Meanings

nounPort-Royalist (plural Port-Royalists)

plural Port-Royalists

  1. historicalAn inhabitant of the Cistercian convent of Port-Royal-des-Champs, and later of Port-Royal Abbey, near Paris, France.

    Among the Port-Royalists when the abbey was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century were Antoine Arnauld, Blaise Pascal, and other famous scholars.

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