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.

Exact synonyms: Jesuit Order
Generic synonyms: Monastic Order, Order
Member holonyms: Jesuit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Society Of Jesus

social welfare
social work
social work
social worker
social worker
sociate
sociates
socia parotidis
societal
societally
societies
societies
society
Society Islands
Society of Friends
Society of Jesus (current term)
Socinian
Socinus
socio-
socio-economic
socio-economic class
sociobiologic
sociobiological
sociobiologically
sociobiologies
sociobiologist
sociobiologists
sociobiology
sociocentric
sociocentrism

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