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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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. historical

Etymology

From Blackloe + -ist, from the alias of Thomas White (1593–1676), an influential member of the group.

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