Jesuitism

American  

[jezh-oo-i-tiz-uhm, jez-oo-, jez-yoo-] / ˈdʒɛʒ u ɪˌtɪz əm, ˈdʒɛz u-, ˈdʒɛz yu- /

Also Jesuitry

noun

1. the system, principles, or practices of the Jesuits.

2. (often lowercase) a principle or practice, as casuistry, equivocation, or craft, ascribed to the Jesuits by their opponents.

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Jesuitism British  

/ ˈdʒɛzjʊɪˌtɪzəm /

noun

1. theology or practices of the Jesuits

2. informal subtle and equivocating arguments; casuistry

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Other Word Forms

• anti-Jesuitism noun
• anti-Jesuitry noun
• pro-Jesuitism noun
• pro-Jesuitry noun

Etymology

Origin of Jesuitism

First recorded in 1600–10; Jesuit + -ism

Example Sentences

But he does not slight the other distinctive aspect of Jesuitism: its military discipline as the first Catholic order vowed specifically to the defense of the papacy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Author of “A History of the English Episcopacy, from 1640 to 1662,” and “The State of Popery and Jesuitism in England from the Reformation, till 1829.”

From Guy Fawkes or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605 by Lathbury, Thomas

And that is a publication of his relations with Jesuitism, the destruction of the toilsomely obtained confidence of his party, in order to prevent his election.

From A Twofold Life by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

If Jesuitism were now confined to Italy alone, the members of the Christian alliance may, perhaps, be right.

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William

Not only the Jesuits and Jesuitism were struck by the blow, but, in general, all that portion of Christendom, which was enervated by an easy indulgence.

From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules