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Secretly, or maybe not so secretly, I have always found our dear strictioris observantiae brethren a little jansenistic.
Christmas in a monastery... Terry Nelson 2006
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I would say more protestant as opposed to jansenistic - the contemporary monasteries, that is.
Christmas in a monastery... Terry Nelson 2006
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Oh! catch your breath — one can hardly be jansenistic.
Christmas in a monastery... Terry Nelson 2006
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