• (n.) 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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/jansenist/
Jan'sen·ist noun [ French Janséniste .] (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. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/4