Jesuit (A member of the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1534 and devoted to missionary and educational work)

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• Jesuit — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Society of Jesus — Jesuit redirects here. For the American hardcore punk band, see Jesuit (band). For the personal philosophy encompassing the moral teachings of Jesus, see Jesuism. Society of Jesus Abbreviation SJ, Jesuits Motto …   Wikipedia

• The Society of Jesus —     The Society of Jesus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Society of Jesus     (Company of Jesus, Jesuits)     See also DISTINGUISHED JESUITS, JESUIT APOLOGETIC, EARLY JESUIT GENERALS, and fou …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Jesuits (The Society of Jesus) —     The Society of Jesus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Society of Jesus     (Company of Jesus, Jesuits)     See also …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Jesuit — ► NOUN ▪ a member of the society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St Ignatius Loyola and others in 1534 …   English terms dictionary

• Society of Jesus — noun a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship • Syn: ↑Jesuit order •… …   Useful english dictionary

• Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …   Universalium

• Jesuit — /jezh ooh it, jez ooh , jez yooh /, n. 1. a member of a Roman Catholic religious order (Society of Jesus) founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534. 2. (often l.c.) a crafty, intriguing, or equivocating person: so called in allusion to the methods… …   Universalium

• Jesuit —     The Society of Jesus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Society of Jesus     (Company of Jesus, Jesuits)     See also DISTINGUISHED JESU …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Jesuit — [jezh′o͞o it; jez′yo͞oit, jez′o͞oit] n. [ModL Jesuita < LL(Ec) Iesus,JESUS2 + ita, ITE1] 1. a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order for men, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534 2. [j ] a crafty schemer; cunning… …   English World dictionary

• Ignatius of Loyola — ] St. Ignatius did not intend to change his name but rather adopted for France and Italy a name which he believed was a simple variant of his own, and which was more acceptable among foreigners.cite journal | last = Verd | first =Gabriel María |… …   Wikipedia