QUIETISM
Qui"et*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. quiétisme.]
1. Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.
2. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes.
QUIETIST
Qui"et*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. quiétiste.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism.
QUIETISTIC
Qui`et*is"tic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.
QUIETLY
Qui"et*ly, adv.
1. In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly.