Definition of Jesit
Jesuit, or Society of Jesus, the religious order founded by
Ignatius Loyola in 1534, and approved of by bull of Paul III. in 1540,
for the conversion of heretics and the propagation of the Roman Catholic
faith, and reputed, however self-denying at times, to be unscrupulous in
the means they employ to achieve their ends, which is, broadly speaking,
re-establishing over Christen dom the tyranny of the Church; they
established themselves in the several countries of Europe, but their
policy was found dangerous to political liberty as well as religious, and
they are now everywhere nearly stamped out; there are nevertheless still
several communities of them in the south of Europe, and even colleges in
England, Ireland, and the United States, as well as missions under them
in heathen parts.
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Jes"u*it (?), n. [F.
Jésuite, Sp. Jesuita: cf. It.
Gesuita.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) One of a religious
order founded by Ignatius Loyola, and approved in 1540, under the
title of The Society of Jesus.
&fist; The order consists of Scholastics, the Professed, the
Spiritual Coadjutors, and the Temporal Coadjutors or Lay Brothers.
The Jesuit novice after two years becomes a Scholastic, and takes his
first vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience simply. Some years
after, at the close of a second novitiate, he takes his second vows
and is ranked among the Coadjutors or Professed. The Professed are
bound by a fourth vow, from which only the pope can dispense,
requiring them to go wherever the pope may send them for missionary
duty. The Coadjutors teach in the schools, and are employed in
general missionary labors. The Society is governed by a General who
holds office for life. He has associated with him "Assistants" (five
at the present time), representing different provinces. The Society
was first established in the United States in 1807. The Jesuits have
displayed in their enterprises a high degree of zeal, learning, and
skill, but, by their enemies, have been generally reputed to use art
and intrigue in promoting or accomplishing their purposes, whence the
words Jesuit, Jesuitical, and the like, have acquired
an opprobrious sense.
2. Fig.: A crafty person; an
intriguer.
Jesuits' bark, Peruvian bark, or the bark of
certain species of Cinchona; -- so called because its
medicinal properties were first made known in Europe by Jesuit
missionaries to South America. -- Jesuits'
drops. See Friar's balsam, under
Friar. -- Jesuits' nut, the
European water chestnut. -- Jesuits' powder,
powdered cinchona bark. -- Jesuits' tea,
a Chilian leguminous shrub, used as a tea and
medicinally.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (religion) a member of the Society of Jesus
- a crafty or disingenuous person
- the Society of Jesus
- of, relating to, or characteristic of this society or its members
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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