Jesuits

1. A religious order of men in the Roman Catholic Church ; its official name is the Society of Jesus. Founded by Ignatius of Loyola in the sixteenth century, the society became the spearhead of the Counter Reformation .

Notes

The Jesuit order has a long tradition of vigorous missionary work and of intellectual and scholarly achievement. The Jesuits have also been known historically for their influence, often behind the scenes, in European politics and for their skill and resourcefulness in debate — characteristics that have sometimes led people to mistrust them. In recent years, they have become better known as free-ranging thinkers on religious and political questions.

Example Sentences

Jesuits are educators known as the intellectuals of the church; they also have a long missionary tradition.

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The family was English Catholic and Alfred, like his brother and sister, was raised in the faith, educated by Jesuits.

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“At age 14, Carl was taken in by Jesuits and given the opportunity to earn his way to Georgetown University,” his website says.

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Perhaps I should have disclosed earlier that I was educated by Jesuits and have been a university professor.

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That was a difficult time for the Society: an entire generation of Jesuits had disappeared.

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Accordingly, as soon as they saw our Priests they refused outright to let the ship sail if the Jesuits were to embark in it.

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Henry Garnet, provincial of the Jesuits, executed for the gunpowder plot.

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There is a great deal of ecclesiastical history, and particularly all the Jesuits' accounts of South America.

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Besides these are many private schools, taught by Jesuits and other teaching orders.

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This is a church in charge of the Jesuits, and by them and it we are reminded of what may fairly be termed the great leg question.

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