Fénelon

American  

[feyn^uh-lawn] / feɪnəˈlɔ̃ /

noun

1. François de Salignac de La Mothe 1651–1715, French theologian and writer.

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Fénelon British  

/ fenlɔ̃ /

noun

1. François de Salignac de La Mothe (frɑ̃swa də saliɲak də la mɔt). 1651–1715, French theologian and writer; author of Maximes des saints (1697), a defence of quietism, and Les aventures de Télémaque (1699), which was construed as criticizing the government of Louis XIV

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Example Sentences

In a letter that the editors of the collection have dated to March 1915, he tells her that his close friend Bertrand de Fénelon has been killed in combat.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 2, 2014

The king was a wilful child, but it was thought that Fénelon had quite changed his character by his religious influence.

From Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands by Butterworth, Hezekiah

His biographer, St. Cyr, says that Fénelon wanted to abolish verse altogether in French poetry.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert

One day, when Fénelon had reproved him for some grave fault, he said,— “‘I know what I am, and I know also what you are.’

From Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands by Butterworth, Hezekiah

Unfortunately, Fénelon insisted in introducing the clichés of verse into prose; artificial and unnatural language hence ruined some of his work and assisted in bringing the term prose poetry into contempt.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert