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Jesuit

[ jezh-oo-it, jez-oo-, jez-yoo- ]

noun

  1. a member of a Roman Catholic religious order Society of Jesus founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534.
  2. (often lowercase) a crafty, intriguing, or equivocating person: so called in allusion to the methods ascribed to the order by its opponents.


adjective

  1. of or relating to Jesuits or Jesuitism.

Jesuit

/ ˈdʒɛzjʊɪt /

noun

  1. 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
  2. informal.
    sometimes not capital a person given to subtle and equivocating arguments; casuist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • Jesuˈitically, adverb
  • ˌJesuˈitic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • an·ti-Jes·u·it noun adjective
  • pro-Jes·u·it noun adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jesuit1

1550–60; < New Latin Jēsuita, equivalent to Latin Jēsu ( s ) + -ita -ite 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jesuit1

C16: from New Latin Jēsuita, from Late Latin Jēsus + -ita -ite 1
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Example Sentences

“Advent is when we celebrate the narratives that give us insight into how God is entering the world,” said Jesuit Father Allan Figueroa Deck, a scholar of pastoral theology at Loyola Marymount College.

“What is it the Jesuits say? Service is love in action. I know it’s corny. But I’m going to love this community by being of service to it. So that’s my commitment.”

The Jesuit priest had spent almost two decades fighting for the rights of the Tzotzil indigenous group, of which he was a member.

From BBC

“For decades, Father Marcelo has been a symbol of resistance and support in Chiapas, defending the dignity, the rights of the people, and the construction of an authentic peace,” the Jesuit Order said.

Sehri writes that her father was also influenced by the selfless lives of the Jesuit priests and nuns under whom he studied during his school and college years.

From BBC

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