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Blanchardist
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Etymology
From en Blanchard ism, after Pierre-Louis Blanchard (1758–1826), a French priest and polemicist, one of the leaders of the movement.Dominic Aidan Bellenger, "The Last Ditch: The French Émigré Clergy in Britain and the Concordat of 1801", in French Emigrants in Revolutionised Europe: Connected Histories and Memories (eds. Juliette Reboul & Laure Philip), page 263
Noun
en Christianity historical A supporter of Blanchardism.
en 1824 Francis Plowden Human Subordination https://www.google.com/books/edition/Human_Subordination_being_an_elementary/Y-liAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22blanchardists%22&pg=PA99 99 From these acts of the English vicars apostolic, the Blanchardists appealed (irregularly, it is allowed) to the Irish prelates convened in synod at Tullow.
en 1905 Bernard Ward Catholic London a Century Ago https://www.google.com/books/edition/Catholic_London_a_Century_Ago/9uVNAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22blanchardists%22&pg=PA57 57 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.
en 1984 Joan Connell The Roman Catholic Church in England, 1780-1850: A Study in Internal Politics https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Roman_Catholic_Church_in_England_178/LNMTAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22blanchardists%22&dq=%22blanchardists%22 109 That was not the method of Milner, however, who agitated for the most public denunciations of the Blanchardists.
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