jesuit
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1. a member of the Jesuit order (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | religious, |
| definition | : | a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | jesuit order, society of jesus, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.group) |
2. having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | jesuitism, jesuitry, |
| definition | : | the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic) (noun.cognition) |
| pertainym | : | jesuit, |
| definition | : | a member of the Jesuit order (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | jesuitism, jesuitry, |
| definition | : | the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic) (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | jesuit, |
| definition | : | a member of the Jesuit order (noun.person) |
3. a member of the Jesuit order (noun.person)
4. having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | jesuitism, jesuitry, |
| definition | : | the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic) (noun.cognition) |
| pertainym | : | jesuit, |
| definition | : | a member of the Jesuit order (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | jesuitism, jesuitry, |
| definition | : | the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic) (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | jesuit, |
| definition | : | a member of the Jesuit order (noun.person) |
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