Jesuitism
noun
the system, principles, or practices of the Jesuits.
Jesuitry
-
a variation of
Jesuitism.
Example Sentences
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I hardly know any thing more amusing than the honest German Jesuitry of Dobrizhoffer.
From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge
Indeed, there was some truth in the charge of Jesuitry, after all!
From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Robert Hugh Benson
Now, that there is a lull in the machinations of Jesuitry, we shall turn a page or two in Shakib’s account of the courting of Khalid.
From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani
I place this as second to Jesuitry, because, for a long period, there was a certain freedom of opinion allowed to the superior clergy.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman
Reverence for order, for justice, and established fact, will, often march shoulder to shoulder with Jesuitry in natures to whom success is vital.
From Five Tales by John Galsworthy
