Fénelon

[ feynuh-lawn ]

/ feɪnəˈlɔ̃ /

noun

Fran·çois de Sa·li·gnac de La Mothe

[frahn-swa duh sa lee-nyak duh la mawt] /frɑ̃ˈswa də sa liˈnyak də la ˈmɔt/, 1651–1715, French theologian and writer.

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Examples from the Web for fenelon

Fenelon the ascetic, he of the subtle intellect and high spiritual quality, had never met a woman on an absolute equality.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard
There is one more feature in mysticism entitled to be considered, because it was subsequently adopted by Fenelon, viz.
The Works of William Cowper|William Cowper
After a discussion which lasted six months, her writings received a formal condemnation, in which Fenelon refused to concur.
The Works of William Cowper|William Cowper
"The whole of France is no longer anything but one vast hospital," wrote Fenelon to the king under the veil of the anonymous.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

Fenelon disengages badly enough the process which conducts from ideas, from universal and necessary truths, to God.
Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good|Victor Cousin

British Dictionary definitions for fenelon

Fénelon

/ (French fenlɔ̃) /

noun

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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