NOUN | person | Jesuit | a member of the Jesuit order |
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ADJECTIVE | pert | Jesuit, Jesuitical, Jesuitic | having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism |
Sounds | jheh'zhuwiht | |
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Rhymes | acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... |
Meaning | Having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism. | |
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Synonyms | Jesuitical, Jesuitic | |
Spanish | jesuita, jesuítico | |
Catalan | jesuïta, jesuític | |
Nouns | Jesuit | a member of the Jesuit order |
Jesuitism | the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic) |
Meaning | A member of the Jesuit order. | |
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Member of | Society of Jesus, Jesuit order | 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 |
Broader | religious | A member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience |
Spanish | jesuita | |
Catalan | jesuïta | |
Adjectives | Jesuitical, Jesuitic, Jesuit | having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism |
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