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Jesuit
[ jezh-oo-it, jez-oo-, jez-yoo- ]
noun
- a member of a Roman Catholic religious order Society of Jesus founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534.
- (often lowercase) a crafty, intriguing, or equivocating person: so called in allusion to the methods ascribed to the order by its opponents.
adjective
- of or relating to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
Jesuit
/ ˈɛʊɪ /
noun
- a member of a Roman Catholic religious order (the Society of Jesus ) founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola in 1534 with the aims of defending the papacy and Catholicism against the Reformation and to undertake missionary work among the heathen
- informal.sometimes not capital a person given to subtle and equivocating arguments; casuist
Derived Forms
- ˈپ, adverb
- ˌˈپ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·پ-·· noun adjective
- -·· noun adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of Jesuit1
Example Sentences
The church houses the Salus Populi Romani, a Byzantine icon of the Virgin believed to have been made by St Luke the Evangelist and used by Jesuit orders all over the world.
His legacy, especially with our connection to him as the first Jesuit pope, empowers us to live as servant-leaders, building communities rooted in empathy and justice.
A diligent student, he studied to be a chemist in college but decided instead to join the Jesuits, the highly intellectual order known for its focus on education and its engagement with gritty real-world situations.
Jesuits were historically looked on with suspicion by Rome.
He became a Jesuit, studied philosophy and taught literature and psychology.
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