/ ˈdʒezjuɪt; NAmE ˈdʒeʒəwət/ noun
a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious group :
a Jesuit priest
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WORD ORIGIN
from French jésuite or modern Latin Jesuita , from Christian Latin Iesus from Greek Iēsous , from a late Hebrew or Aramaic analogous formation based on Yěhōšûă' Joshua.