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Definition of: Jesuit
(jezh′·at, jez′y-) noun
1. A member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded in 1534 by Ignatious Loyola to combat the Reformation and propagate the faith among the heathen. Abbr. S.J. [<NL Jesuita <L Jesus Jesus]
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