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Jesuit definition

Jesu·it (jez̸h′o̵̅o̅ it; jez′yo̵̅o̅-, jez′o̵̅o̅-)

noun

  1. a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order for men, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534
  2. a crafty schemer; cunning dissembler; casuist: hostile and offensive term, as used by anti-Jesuits

Etymology: ModL Jesuita < LL(Ec) Iesus, Jesus + -ita, -ite

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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