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Noun.

[Cf. F.

quiétiste

(Eccl. Hist.)

One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See

Noun.

One of a sect of mystics, originated by Molino, a Spanish priest, who maintained the principles of quietism.

quietist ‎(plural quietists)

A mystic who follows quietism.
Someone who is not socially or politically active.
- 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1267:
  You need not give in to media clowns or dozing quietists.

a mystic who follows quietism