Jesuit (redirected from Jesuites)

Jes·u·it  (jzh-t, jz-, -y-)

n.

1. Roman Catholic Church A member of the Society of Jesus.

2. often jesuit One given to subtle casuistry.

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[French Jésuite, from Jésus, Jesus, from Late Latin Isus; see Jesus¹.]

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Jesu·iti·cal adj.

Jesu·iti·cal·ly adv.

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Jesuit [ˈdʒɛzjʊɪt]

n

1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) a member of a Roman Catholic religious order (the Society of Jesus) founded by the Spanish ecclesiastic Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) in 1534 with the aims of defending the papacy and Catholicism against the Reformation and to undertake missionary work among the heathen

2. (sometimes not capital) Informal offensive a person given to subtle and equivocating arguments; casuist

[from New Latin Jēsuita, from Late Latin Jēsus + -ita -ite¹]

Jesuitic , Jesuitical adj

Jesuitically  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Jesuit - a member of the Jesuit order         Jesuit order, Society of Jesus - 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 religious - a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
Adj.	1.	Jesuit - having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism; "Jesuitical education" Jesuitic, Jesuitical

Translations

Jesuit [ˈdʒezjʊɪt]

A. ADJ → jesuita

B. N → jesuita m

Jesuit [ˈdʒɛzjuɪt] n → jésuite m

Jesuit

n → Jesuit m

Jesuit [ˈdʒɛzjʊɪt] adj & n → gesuita (m)