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Definition of Jesuitic
1. Adjective. Having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism. "Jesuitical education"
Partainyms: Jesuit, Jesuitism, Jesuit, Jesuitism, Jesuit, Jesuitism
Derivative terms: Jesuit, Jesuitism, Jesuit
Definition of Jesuitic
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.
Definition of Jesuitic
1. pertaining to a jesuit [adj] - See also: jesuit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jesuitic
Literary usage of Jesuitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"Beside those jesuitic machinations which excited such alarm there is another
machination much more real yet which attracted much less attention. ..."
2. The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries by Charles William Heckethorn (1897)
"jesuitic Morality.—And even if these Monita were not drawn up by a Jesuit, they
yet fully exhibit the actual principles on which, as we know from history, ..."
3. The Literary Policy of the Church of Rome Exhibited: In an Account of Her by Joseph Mendham (1830)
"... and Censures of jesuitic Morality and Theology—Constitutiones et Decreta
Apostolica, 1680—ROHAN Indexes 1670, et seq.— Fenelon—SPANISH Index ..."
4. The Jews of Iowa: A Complete History and Accurate Account of Their Religious by Simon Glazer (1904)
"De Soto—Discovery of the Mississippi—jesuitic and Franciscan Discoveries—Marquette
and Joliet in Iowa—Indian Toast—Savage Menu—La Salle—His ..."