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Jesuitical

[jezh-oo-it-i-kuhl, jez-oo-, jez-yoo-]

adjective

of or pertaining to Jesuits or Jesuitism.

(often lowercase) practicing casuistry or equivocation; using subtle or oversubtle reasoning; crafty; sly; intriguing.

Also, Jes·u·it·ic.

Origin:
1590–1600; Jesuit + -ical

Related forms

Jes·u·it·i·cal·ly, adverb

an·ti-Jes·u·it·ic, adjective

an·ti-Jes·u·it·i·cal, adjective

an·ti-Jes·u·it·i·cal·ly, adverb

un-Jes·u·it·ic, adjective

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un-Jes·u·it·i·cal, adjective

un-Jes·u·it·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Jesuit (ˈdʒɛzjʊɪt)

—n
1.	a member of a Roman Catholic religious order (the Society of Jesus) founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola in 1534 with the aims of defending the papacy and Catholicism against the Reformation and to undertake missionary work among the heathen
2.	informal, offensive (sometimes not capital) a person given to subtle and equivocating arguments; casuist

[C16: from New Latin Jēsuita, from Late Latin Jēsus + -ita-ite¹]

Jesu'itic

—*adj*

Jesu'itical

—*adj*

Jesu'itically

—*adv*

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