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Jesuited
Jesuited Jes"u*it*ed, a. Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits. --Milton.
Jesuitically
Jesuitically Jes`u*it"ic*al*ly, adv. In a jesuitical manner.
Jesuitocracy
Jesuitocracy Jes`u*it*oc"ra*cy, n. [Jesuit + -cracy, as in aristocracy.] Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a country. [R.] --C. Kingsley.
Jesuitry
Jesuitry Jes"u*it*ry, n. Jesuitism; subtle argument. [R.] --Carlyle.

Meaning of Jesuit from wikipedia

- (Latin: Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (/ˈdʒɛʒuɪts, ˈdʒɛzju-/ JEZH-oo-its, JEZ-ew-; Latin: Iesuitae)...
- There are many churches of the Roman Catholic Jesuit order, many of them patterned after Il Gesu in Rome and dedicated to Saint Ignatius. Nearly all have...
- suppression of the Society of Jesus was the removal of all members of the Jesuits from most of Western Europe and their respective colonies beginning in...
- The Jesuit missions among the Guaraní were a type of settlement for the Guaraní people ("Indians" or "Indios") in an area straddling the borders of present-day...
- Strake Jesuit College Preparatory (properly referred to as Strake Jesuit or Jesuit but often informally called Strake) is a Jesuit, college-preparatory...
- Jesuit's bark, also known as cinchona bark, Peruvian bark or China bark, is a former remedy for malaria, as the bark contains quinine used to treat the...
- Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit, missionary to Wisconsin Diego Francisco Altamirano, Spanish author Charles Aylmer, Irish Jesuit, superior of the Dublin...
- State. He is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the...
- The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) in the Catholic Church have founded and managed a number of educational institutions, including the notable secondary schools...
- of the Society of Jesus, the Catholic religious order also known as the Jesuits. He is generally addressed as Father General. The position sometimes carries...