noun
Usage: usually capitalized B&P
Etymology: so called from the habit of the order and the great power its leader had during the papacy of Pius IX
: the head of the Jesuits
noun
Usage: usually capitalized B&P
Etymology: so called from the habit of the order and the great power its leader had during the papacy of Pius IX
: the head of the Jesuits
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012