n.
Pronunciation: ' je-zü- ə t, -zhü- also -zyü-
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Jesuita, from Late Latin Jesus
Date: 1548
1 : a member of the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1534 and devoted to missionary and educational work
2 : one given to intrigue or equivocation
– je · su · it · i · cal \ ˌ je-zü- ' (w)i-ti-k ə l, -zhü-, -zyü- \ also je · su · it · ic \ -tik \ adjective often cap
– je · su · it · i · cal · ly \ -ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb often cap
– je · su · it · ism \ ' je-zü- ə - ˌ ti-z ə m, -zhü-, -zyü- \ or je · su · it · ry \ - ə -tr ē \ noun often cap