| NOUN | group | Jesuit order, Society of Jesus | 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 |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | Society of Jesus | |
| Members | Jesuit | A member of the Jesuit order |
| Broader | order, monastic order | A group of person living under a religious rule |
| Spanish | jesuítas, Sociedad de Jesús | |
| Catalan | Companyia de Jesús | |
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