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Definition of Society of Jesus
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.
Definition of Society of Jesus
1. Proper noun. An order of Roman Catholic clergy, the Jesuits, having a tradition of education, theological scholarship, and missionary work ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Society Of Jesus
Literary usage of Society of Jesus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
""He entered the Society of Jesus in 1733; became a professed father in 1751 ;
laboured for some years on the English mission ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1917)
"SKETCH OF THE EXPULSION OF THE Society of Jesus FROM COLONIAL LOUISIANA Paper
read before the Louisiana Historical Society, July 21, 1915 By JJ O'Brien, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... 1636), attack me enemies of the Society of Jesus; finally, two of his works,
written for Catholics, ..."
4. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1883)
"THE Society of Jesus IN MEXICO—LAST SERVICES—MORAL CONDITION— SQUABBLES ABOUT
TITHES, AND THE CONSEQUENCES—THE SITUATION nt ..."
5. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1903)
"N. link South Dakota. s. 10 South-Eaat. Se«? Secretary. Hect section. Sent Seminary.
Sept September. Sor»t Sergeant. SJ Society of Jesus (Jesuit). ..."
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