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noun
One of a school of dissident English Roman Catholics in the 17th–18th centuries, opposed to ultramontanism and advocating obedience to secular authorities and dogmatic views similar to Jansenism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From Blackloe + -ist, from the alias of Thomas White (1593–1676), an influential member of the group.
