noun
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theology or practices of the Jesuits
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informal subtle and equivocating arguments; casuistry
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But he does not slight the other distinctive aspect of Jesuitism: its military discipline as the first Catholic order vowed specifically to the defense of the papacy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The emotional element in Jesuitism appealed strongly to women.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann
This was the general principle of Jesuitism as a system of education; but it came to it from the Church which Pascal, no less than the Jesuits, revered.
From Pascal by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
What a light is cast upon the deeper places of the human heart by the history of Jesuitism in the seventeenth century!
From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)
The time was now come when the decisive step must be taken which should enable the new institute to realize its intention, which should render Jesuitism Jesuitism indeed.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Johnson, Rossiter
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