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Port-Royalist
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Noun
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en historical An inhabitant of the Cistercian convent of Port-Royal-des-Champs, and later of Port-Royal Abbey, Paris Port-Royal Abbey, near Paris, France.
en Among the Port-Royalists when the abbey was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century were Antoine Arnauld, Blaise Pascal, and other famous scholars.
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