Definition of Jesuit order

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Society Of Jesus
Generic synonyms: Monastic Order, Order
Member holonyms: Jesuit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jesuit Order

jesting
jestingly
jestings
jests
jest at
jesuit
Jesuit
Jesuit's bark
Jesuitic
Jesuitical
Jesuitism
Jesuitry
jesuits
Jesuits' bark
Jesuits' nut
Jesuit order (current term)
Jesuit tea
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Jesus of Nazareth
jet
jet
jet-black
jet-propelled
jet-propelled plane
jetbead
jetbeads
jete
jeterus
jetes

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