JESUIT


Meaning of JESUIT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈje-zü-ət, -zhü- also ]

-zyü- 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 ˌje-zü-ˈ(w)i-ti-kəl, -zhü-, -zyü- also je·su·it·ic -tik adjective , often capitalized

• je·su·it·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb , often capitalized

• je·su·it·ism ˈje-zü-ə-ˌti-zəm, -zhü-, -zyü- or je·su·it·ry -ə-trē noun , often capitalized

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.