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# jesuit

«jesuit» in Mova's school dictionary: **a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a Jesuit, Jesuits); adjective (Jesuit)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A Jesuit is a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests and brothers founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1540. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jesuit/#m1)

2) (old, insult) In the past, «jesuitical» was used as an unfair insult for someone thought to be sly in argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jesuit/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Religion and history lessons: Jesuits are known for schools and universities, missions around the world and science. Pope Francis was a Jesuit. Many schools and colleges in the USA, Ireland and Australia are Jesuit schools.

### examples

- He goes to a Jesuit school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jesuit/#x1)
- The Jesuits were founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jesuit/#x2)
- Jesuit missionaries travelled to China and South America. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jesuit/#x3)
- Pope Francis was the first Jesuit pope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jesuit/#x4)
- Jesuit priests often work as teachers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jesuit/#x5)
- Some Jesuits were also scientists and astronomers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jesuit/#x6)

### note

Capital letter: Jesuit. Plural: Jesuits. Say «JEZ-yoo-it». The old insult sense is unfair; avoid it.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jesuit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jesuit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.