Loyola

[ loi-oh-luh ]

/ lɔɪˈoʊ lə /

noun

Saint Ignatius of Iñigo López de Loyola, 1491–1556, Spanish soldier and ecclesiastic: founder of the Society of Jesus.

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By this date, the Jesuits (“the Company of Loyola”) had grown accustomed to such venomous denunciations.
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If “any congregation of men could merit eternal perdition on earth and in hell,” it is the “Company of Loyola.”
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Loyola said Allen never discussed his personal life or his family, but focused on the job at hand.
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Paramedics arrived and rushed her to Loyola University Medical Center, but she was beyond saving.
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At length Loyola agreed to submit himself to the direction of his confessor.
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Loyola was not at the moment governor of the city, nor in any responsible charge.
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Loyola foresaw the necessity of men acting for human purposes, as though there were no God.
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Yet the name of William is hardly to be coupled with those of Luther or Loyola.
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It runs its first course from Loyola to Aquaviva, while experience was still tentative.
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British Dictionary definitions for Loyola

Loyola

/ (lɔɪˈəʊlə) /

noun

See Ignatius Loyola

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