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Jansenism in American English
a set of rigorous, unorthodox, predestinarian doctrines held by Cornelis Jansen
noun: the doctrinal system of Cornelis Jansen and his followers, denying free will and maintaining that human nature is corrupt and that Christ died for the elect and not for all humanity

Jansenism in British English
noun: the doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples, who maintained that salvation was limited to those subject to a supernatural determinism, the rest being destined to perdition

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