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Jesuit order

DEFINITIONS OF: Jesuit order

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n 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

Synonyms:
Society of Jesus
Type of:
monastic order, order
a group of person living under a religious rule
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