Associations to the word «Jesuit»

Wiktionary

JESUIT, noun. (Christianity) (chiefly Roman Catholicism) a member of the Society of Jesus
JESUIT, noun. (obsolete) A crafty person; an intriguer.
JESUIT, adjective. Of, relating to, or characteristic of this society or its members

Dictionary definition

JESUIT, noun. A member of the Jesuit order.
JESUIT, adjective. Having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism; "Jesuitical education".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope