Synonyms of jesuit order

Noun


1. Society of Jesus, Jesuit order, order, monastic order

usage: 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

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