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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
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