SOCIETY OF JESUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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:

Jesuit order; Society of Jesus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Society of Jesus" is a kind of...):

monastic order; order (a group of person living under a religious rule)

Meronyms (members of "Society of Jesus"):

Jesuit (a member of the Jesuit order)

Credits