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Quietism

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(1):

(n.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes.

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(n.) Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Quietism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​q/quietism.html. 1828.
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