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
Society of Jesus
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
Jesuit (der)
n.
Jesuit, member of the Jesuits (Roman Catholic religious order)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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