Dictionary  qui•et•ismPronunciation: (kwī'i-tiz"um), [key] —n. 1. a form of religious mysticism taught by Molinos, a Spanish priest, in the latter part of the 17th century, requiring extinction of the will, withdrawal from worldly interests, and passive meditation on God and divine things; Molinism. 2. some similar form of religious mysticism. 3. mental or bodily repose or passivity. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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