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Company of Jesus

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noun

  1. former name of the Society of Jesus. Jesuit1


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Mama Antula collaborated in the performance of spiritual exercises based on the writings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Company of Jesus in 1534, according to her biographer.

From Seattle Times Feb. 9, 2024

His military training made him dream of forming a spiritual knighthood to battle for the salvation of souls: "Company of Jesus" is a military term.

From Heroic Spain by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

In due time Luigi joined the Company of Jesus, renounced this world, and died at Rome in the odor of sanctity, after doing such good works as surprised every one.

From Italian Journeys by William Dean Howells

Spiritual Exercises, 401 f. founds Company of Jesus, 402 f. death, 405. autobiography, 588. judged by Lagarde, 736.

From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith

Many of these are vast buildings, but no one of them is to be compared with the great Jesuit convent, which was the central home and head-quarters of the "Company of Jesus."

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various

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