jesuit | ||
1. | [ noun ] (Roman Catholic,religion,Christianity) a member of the Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 | |
Related terms: | Roman_Catholic religious Society_of_Jesus | |
2. | [ adjective ] (education) having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism | |
Synonyms: | Jesuitic Jesuitical | |
Examples: | "Jesuitical education" |
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Related terms: | Jesuitism Jesuitism Jesuitism | |
Similar spelling: |
jest |