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Jesuit
adj. of or pertaining to the Jesuits (Roman Catholic religious order)
 
n. member of a Roman Catholic religious order called the Society of Jesus that was founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534; cunning person, deceptive person


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Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus, (, S.J. and S.I.) is a Christian religious order of the Roman Catholic Church in service to the universal Church, whose members are called Jesuits, Soldiers of Christ, and Foot soldiers of the Pope, because the founder, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a knight before becoming a priest.
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Jesuit
Noun
1. a member of the Jesuit order
(hypernym) religious
(member-holonym) Jesuit order, Society of Jesus
Adjective
1. having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism; "Jesuitical education"
(synonym) Jesuitical, Jesuitic
(pertainym) Jesuit


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Jesuit (der)
n. Jesuit, member of the Jesuits (Roman Catholic religious order)

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Jesuit
(n.)
One of a religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola, and approved in 1540, under the title of The Society of Jesus.
  
 
(n.)
Fig.: A crafty person; an intriguer.
  

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