blanchardist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A supporter of Blanchardism.
Example Sentences
- "From these acts of the English vicars apostolic, the Blanchardists appealed (irregularly, it is allowed) to the Irish prelates convened in synod at Tullow."
- "Besides the Blanchardists, there remained in England a considerable number of orthodox French priests and laymen, and their presence had a great influence on the Catholic Church in this country, far greater than is represented by the half-dozen churches or missions founded by a few of them."
- "That was not the method of Milner, however, who agitated for the most public denunciations of the Blanchardists."
Etymology
From Blanchard + -ism, after Pierre-Louis Blanchard (1758–1826), a French priest and polemicist, one of the leaders of the movement.