Fénelon

[ feynuh-lawn ]

/ feɪnəˈlɔ̃ /

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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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Words nearby Fénelon

fender, fender bender, fendered, fender pile, fend for oneself, Fénelon, feneration, fenestella, fenestra, fenestra of cochlea, fenestra of vestibule

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How to use Fénelon in a sentence

Fenelon has said that in a certain stage of piety there is much of self, and Coley was evidently in that stage.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson|Charlotte M. Yonge
“Nothing is more neglected than the education of daughters,” said Fenelon, in the first sentence of his noted work on the subject.
The Hearth-Stone|Samuel Osgood
Fenelon accepted this servile devotion, regarding it as a part of the woman's penance for sins done in the past.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard
The Madame was fifty; Fenelon was forty-seven—they certainly were old enough to know better, but they did not.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard

Fenelon was suave, gentle, and won by an appeal to the highest and best in the hearts of his hearers.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard

British Dictionary definitions for Fénelon

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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