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(jezh′
·āt, jez′y-) noun plural Jes·u·ates or Jes·u·a·ti (jezh′·ā′tī, jez′y-)
One of the order or congregation of Jesuati, founded by St. John Colombini of Siena in the 14th century, and suppressed by Pope Clement IX in 1688. Their chief occupation was care of the sick, especially the plague–stricken. Also Jes′u·et. [<Ital. Gesuato <Gesú Jesus]