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Jesuit order   /dʒˈɛʒuɪt ˈɔrdər/   Listen
Jesuit order

noun
1.
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.  Synonym: Society of Jesus.






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