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Convulsionist
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion; as, the Convulsionists of St. Medard.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Convulsionist'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/convulsionist.html. 1828.