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Jesuit order

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Noun1.Jesuit order - a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship
Society of Jesus
monastic order, order - a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"
Jesuit - a member of the Jesuit order


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of the Jesuit order, a Catholic priest who devoted his life to spreading God's love.
The Miraculous Life of Father Houle by Small Press Bookwatch
As a result, the papacy was pressured by Catholic monarchs into dissolving the Jesuit order in 1773 only to restore it in 1814 after the demise of Napoleon.
The Jesuits and political power by Vella, John M. / Modern Age
As Wright races through five hundred years of history, fitting in or drawing out Jesuit contributions on all continents, any idea that either the Church or the Jesuit Order could be described as monolithic evaporates.
Books received from various publishers by Catholic Insight
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