Jesuitical
adjective
of or relating to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
Jesuitic
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a variation of
Jesuitical.
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a word derived from
Jesuit.
Jesuitnouna member of a Roman Catholic religious order Society of Jesus founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534.
Example Sentences
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Now they listened as Cuomo laboriously reviewed the Jesuitic logic that undergirded every statement he had ever made about running.
From Time Magazine Archive
In truth, it is always impossible to decide on the latent meaning of the Jesuitic pen.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
Of the monuments with which Richelieu would have ornamented his town there remains a curious market-hall and a church in the pure Jesuitic style of architecture, lacking nothing of pretence and grandeur.
From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
However here, too, a Jesuitic reaction set in.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente
Such are the terms of the Jesuitic decree.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
