Definition of Jansen

1. Noun. A Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638).


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Literary usage of Jansen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"It is so called from the name of its founder, Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638), ... Jansen had early taken sides in the controversy that had raged at Louvain ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"It is so called from the name of its founder, Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638), ... Jansen had early taken sides in the controversy that had raged at Louvain ..."

3. The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighborhood: Its Missionary Aspect by Charles Freer Andrews, Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Horace Mather Lippncott, 1877-1967 (1912)
"The daughter of Hans Millan, who built the house, married Dirck Jansen. Catharine Jansen, who was born in 1703 and inherited the house, married Caspar ..."

4. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1914)
"[Translated from the Dutch] GRANT TO FRANS Jansen VAN ... City West of Hans Dreper East of Nicolaes Jansen Backer, stretching from the strand to the street, ..."

5. Early Records of the City and County of Albany: And Colony of Resselaerswyck by Albany County (N.Y.), Albany co., N. Y., Jonathan Pearson, Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer (1919)
"... and the village of Beverwyck, in the presence of the Honorable Pieter Hartgers and Fransois Bocn, magistrates of said jurisdiction, Huybert Jansen, ..."

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