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

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

Jesuitism combined the maximum of worldly freedom with an appearance of the greatest piety.

From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)

And that is a publication of his relations with Jesuitism, the destruction of the toilsomely obtained confidence of his party, in order to prevent his election.

From A Twofold Life by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

Suppose they even succeeded in suppressing Jesuitism altogether in that country, what then?

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William

Jesuitism in France, 185. —sources of its power, 186.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various