jesuit
IPA: dʒˈɛʒuɪt
Root Word: Jesuit
noun
- (Catholicism) a member of the Society of Jesus
- (obsolete) A crafty person; an intriguer.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of this society or its members
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Examples of "jesuit" in Sentences
- The direction was committed to the Jesuits.
- Discernment is by no means limited to the Jesuit order.
- The and s criticize the Jesuits' legitimation of homicide.
- The Naples Documents show another story untold by the Jesuits.
- The rest of the letters are mainly an attack on Jesuit casuistry.
- The Jesuits strongly represented the autocratic zeal of the period.
- He was also the last before the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773.
- The recumbent statue of the Jesuit was sculpted by Agostino Cornacchini.
- The Jesuits had to accommodate to the nomadic habits of the Guale and Orista.
- Before heading home, Gordon said he's still miffed about the defeat to Jesuit.
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