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baianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ba-ian-ism
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A school of thought, the immediate historical predecessor of Jansenism, that claimed thorough Augustinianism over the scholasticism which held sway over most Catholic theologians at the time.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Baian + -ism, after the Roman Catholic theologian Michael Baius (1513-1589).

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Inflected Forms

Bajanism (alternative)

Questions

What does baianism mean?
A school of thought, the immediate historical predecessor of Jansenism, that claimed thorough Augustinianism over the scholasticism which held sway over most Catholic theologians at the time.
Where does baianism come from?
From Baian + -ism, after the Roman Catholic theologian Michael Baius (1513-1589).

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