English Explanatory Dictionary

Blackloist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

Blackloist Blackloists

Etymology

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

Related words

Blackloism Cisalpine
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