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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Jes•u•it /ˈdʒɛʒuɪt, -yuɪt, ˈdʒɛz-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religiona member of a Roman Catholic religious order for men (Soˈci•e•ty of ˈJe•sus) that was founded in 1534.
Jes•u•it•ic, Jes•u•it•i•cal, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Jes•u•it ( jezh′o̅o̅ it, jez′o̅o̅-, jez′yo̅o̅-),USA pronunciation n. - Religiona member of a Roman Catholic religious order (Society of Jesus) founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534.
- (often l.c.) a crafty, intriguing, or equivocating person: so called in allusion to the methods ascribed to the order by its opponents.
adj. - Religionof or pertaining to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
- Neo-Latin Jēsuita, equivalent. to Latin Jēsu(s) + -ita -ite1
- 1550–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Jesuit /ˈdʒɛzjʊɪt/ n - 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
Etymology: 16th Century: from New Latin Jēsuita, from Late Latin Jēsus + -ita -ite1ˌJesuˈitic, ˌJesuˈitical adj |