Jesuit

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order

   The Jesuit taught theology before leaving for a mission overseas.

2. 2
   adj

   of or relating to the Society of Jesus or its members

   The university preserves a long Jesuit tradition of scholarship and public service.

From New Latin Iesuita, formed from Iesus ('Jesus') + the member suffix -ita. The name was applied to members of the Society of Jesus, founded in the sixteenth century by Ignatius of Loyola.

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