Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples;
salvation is limited to those who are subject to supernatural determinism and the rest are assigned to perdition;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jansenism \Jan"sen*ism\, n. [F. Jans['e]nisme.] (Eccl. Hist.)
The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Jansenism
n 1: the Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his
disciples; salvation is limited to those who are subject to
supernatural determinism and the rest are assigned to
perdition