JESUIT


Meaning of JESUIT in English

[ 'dʒɛz(j)ʊɪt ]

■ noun a member of a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St Ignatius Loyola and others in 1534.

Origin

from Fr. jésuite or mod. L. ~a , from Christian L. Iesus 'Jesus'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.