1. of, relating to, or characterized by convulsions or violent involuntary movements

1. a person who experiences convulsions or violent religious ecstasy, especially a member of a 18th-century French sect known for such behavior
Usage: historical; often capitalized when referring to the French religious movement

Examples

• The patient's convulsionary movements subsided after the medication took effect.
• The convulsionary episodes lasted only a few seconds before stopping completely.
• Doctors studied the convulsionary symptoms to determine the underlying cause.
• The Convulsionaries were a group of French Jansenists in the 1700s known for their ecstatic fits.
• His convulsionary behavior alarmed the medical team in the emergency room.