Jesuitism

American  

[jezh-oo-i-tiz-uhm, jez-oo-, jez-yoo-] / ˈdʒɛʒ u ɪˌtɪz əm, ˈdʒɛz u-, ˈdʒɛz yu- /

Also Jesuitry

noun

1. the system, principles, or practices of the Jesuits.

2. (often lowercase) a principle or practice, as casuistry, equivocation, or craft, ascribed to the Jesuits by their opponents.

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Jesuitism British  

/ ˈdʒɛzjʊɪˌtɪzəm /

noun

1. theology or practices of the Jesuits

2. informal subtle and equivocating arguments; casuistry

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Other Word Forms

• anti-Jesuitism noun
• anti-Jesuitry noun
• pro-Jesuitism noun
• pro-Jesuitry noun

Etymology

Origin of Jesuitism

First recorded in 1600–10; Jesuit + -ism

Example Sentences

Loyola would never have founded Jesuitism if he had not first been disfigured and crippled in a military siege.

From Project Gutenberg

Cavour sought him, and asked him to reveal the secrets of Jesuitism.

From Project Gutenberg

The library in Passau — which is located in Lower Bavaria — is one of Germany's oldest public book collections and possesses major old works on theology and Jesuitism.

From Time

Will Americans read a report made to the French Chambers in Paris, by the Duke de Broglie, on the subject of public instruction and Jesuitism?

From Project Gutenberg

In consequence of this victory of the clerical party Catholic Switzerland with Lucerne at its head became a main centre of ultramontanism and Jesuitism.

From Project Gutenberg