Jesuit

n.	1.	(R. C. Ch.) One of a religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola, and approved in 1540, under the title of The Society of Jesus.
	2.	Fig.: A crafty person; an intriguer. Jesuits' bark Peruvian bark, or the bark of certain species of Cinchona; - so called because its medicinal properties were first made known in Europe by Jesuit missionaries to South America. Jesuits' drops See Friar's balsam, under Friar. Jesuits' nut the European water chestnut. Jesuits' powder powdered cinchona bark. Jesuits' tea a Chilian leguminous shrub, used as a tea and medicinally.

Noun	1.	Jesuit - a member of the Jesuit order
Adj.	1.	Jesuit - having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism; "Jesuitical education" Synonyms: Jesuitic, Jesuitical

Augustinian, Augustinian Hermit, Austin Friar, Benedictine, Bernardine, Black Friar, Black Monk, Bonhomme, Brigittine, Capuchin, Carmelite, Carthusian, Cistercian, Cluniac, Conventual, Crossed Friar, Crutched Friar, Dominican, Franciscan, Friar Minor, Gilbertine, Gray Friar, Hospitaler, Loyolite, Marist, Maryknoll, Minorite, Observant, Oratorian, Premonstratensian, Recollect, Recollet, Redemptorist, Templar, Trappist, White Friar, begging hermit, casuist, choplogic, paralogist, preaching friar, sophist, sophister

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