Jesuit

[ jezh-oo-it, jez-oo-, jez-yoo- ]

/ ˈdʒɛʒ u ɪt, ˈdʒɛz u-, ˈdʒɛz yu- /

noun

a member of a Roman Catholic religious order (Society of Jesus) founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534.

(often lowercase) a crafty, intriguing, or equivocating person: so called in allusion to the methods ascribed to the order by its opponents.

adjective

of or relating to Jesuits or Jesuitism.

Origin of Jesuit

1550–60; < New Latin Jēsuita, equivalent to Latin Jēsu(s) + -ita -ite¹

OTHER WORDS FROM Jesuit

an·ti-Jes·u·it, noun, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for jesuit

At times, Mario Cuomo seemed to have the humility of a Jesuit and the goals of an emperor.

Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light |Mike Barnicle |January 4, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
“We get to live and work with a group of Jesuit scientists who take both science and faith very seriously,” he writes.

Pope Francis Asked ‘Would You Baptize an Alien?’ Here’s the Answer. |Barbie Latza Nadeau |September 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
One of those was a Jesuit, like the pope, named Rutilio Grande.

Why Pope Francis Wants to Declare Murdered Archbishop Romero a Saint |Christopher Dickey |August 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Francis told reporters that he has not had a true vacation since 1975 when he went to Buenos Aires with the Jesuit community.

Will There Soon Be Three Living Popes? |Barbie Latza Nadeau |August 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Never lose the palpable faith in human progress that is the greatest gift of a Jesuit education from Holy Cross.

Read Jon Favreau’s Full Commencement Address to College of the Holy Cross |Jon Favreau |May 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
"The mitre weighs too much for your head, monseigneur," retorted the Jesuit.

The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 |Eugne Sue
Massutius was a Jesuit commentator, whose writings are often rich in spiritual suggestiveness.

The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 2 |G. T. Stokes
A Jesuit pretended to have smelt out the fox that lay disguised in sheep's clothing.

Fiesco or, The Genoese Conspiracy |Friedrich Schiller
The face of Jesuit Morlet was still, as always, calm and sardonic; he wore a carmagnole jacket and red bonnet.

The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 |Eugne Sue
I suppose it is you who wrote the article in the 'Gazette de Cologne' about the hot house (the Jesuit novitiate).

The Jesuits, 1534-1921 |Thomas J. Campbell

British Dictionary definitions for jesuit

Jesuit

/ (ˈdʒɛzjʊɪt) /

noun

a member of a Roman Catholic religious order (the Society of Jesus) founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola in 1534 with the aims of defending the papacy and Catholicism against the Reformation and to undertake missionary work among the heathen

(sometimes not capital) informal, offensive a person given to subtle and equivocating arguments; casuist

Derived forms of Jesuit

Jesuitic or Jesuitical, adjective Jesuitically, adverb

Word Origin for Jesuit

C16: from New Latin Jēsuita, from Late Latin Jēsus + -ita -ite 1

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