Main Entry:

Je·su·it

Pronunciation:

\ˈje-zü-ət, -zhü- also -zyü-\

Function:

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