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jesuit order meaning and definition
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Definition of Jesuit order (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
- synonyms: Society of Jesus
Source: Princeton University Wordnet