Meaning of "Jesuit" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JESUIT

From New Latin Jēsuita, from Late Latin Jēsus + -ita-ite1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF JESUIT

Jesuit  [ˈdʒɛzjʊɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JESUIT

Jesuit is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JESUIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Society of Jesus

The Society of Jesus is a Christian male religious congregation of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits. The society is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations on six continents. Jesuits work in education, intellectual research, and cultural pursuits. Jesuits also give retreats, minister in hospitals and parishes and promote social justice and ecumenical dialogue. Ignatius of Loyola founded the society after being wounded in battle and experiencing a religious conversion. He composed the Spiritual Exercises to help others follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. In 1534, Ignatius and six other young men, including Francis Xavier and Peter Faber, gathered and professed vows of poverty, chastity, and later obedience, including a special vow of obedience to the Pope. Rule 13 of Ignatius's Rules for Thinking with the Church said: "That we may be altogether of the same mind and in conformity ... if shall have defined anything to be black which to our eyes appears to be white, we ought in like manner to pronounce it to be black.

Definition of Jesuit in the English dictionary

The definition of Jesuit in the dictionary is a member of a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola in 1534 with the aims of defending the papacy and Catholicism against the Reformation and to undertake missionary work among the heathen. Other definition of Jesuit is a person given to subtle and equivocating arguments; casuist.

TRANSLATION OF JESUIT

Find out the translation of Jesuit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Jesuit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Jesuit» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 耶稣会
• Translator English - Spanish: jesuita
• English: Jesuit
• Translator English - Hindi: जेसुइट
• Translator English - Arabic: اليسوعية
• Translator English - Russian: иезуит
• Translator English - Portuguese: jesuíta
• Translator English - Bengali: ভণ্ড ব্যক্তি
• Translator English - French: jésuite
• Translator English - Malay: Jesuit
• Translator English - German: Jesuit
• Translator English - Japanese: イエズス会の
• Translator English - Korean: 예수회
• Translator English - Javanese: Yesuit
• Translator English - Vietnamese: người hay giả nhân giả nghia
• Translator English - Tamil: சபையினர்
• Translator English - Marathi: जेसुइट
• Translator English - Turkish: Cizvit
• Translator English - Italian: gesuita
• Translator English - Polish: jezuita
• Translator English - Ukrainian: єзуїт
• Translator English - Romanian: iezuit
• Translator English - Greek: Ιησουιτών
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Jesuit
• Translator English - Swedish: Jesuit
• Translator English - Norwegian: Jesuit

4 QUOTES WITH «JESUIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Jesuit.

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Daniel Berrigan

I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order.

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Janine di Giovanni

Even as a small child, I wondered why the Dominican nuns who educated me were subservient to the Jesuit priests who educated my brothers.

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Michael Moriarty

Film is something that came later into my life. I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation.

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Michael Moriarty

I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JESUIT»

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The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for ...

The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything shows us how this is possible, with user-friendly examples, humorous stories and anecdotes from the heroic and inspiring lives of Jesuit saints and average priests and brothers, as well as examples ...

James Martin, 2010

Jesuit Latin Poets of the 17th and 18th Centuries: An ...

This selection of sixty-two poems written by various Jesuit poets offers a unique and illuminating look at neo-Latin poetry. Includes original text, translations, notes, and vocabulary.

James J. Mertz, John P. Murphy, Jozef IJsewijn, 1989

Jesuit Political Thought: The Society of Jesus and the ...

This is an important work of scholarship.

Harro Höpfl, 2004

Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology

How the Jesuit accomodation to internal events in China laid the foundation for modern study of China in the West.

David E. Mungello, 1989

A Jesuit Education Reader

A Jesuit Education Reader is a collection of the finest short essays on the mission, challenge, and state of Jesuit education. The thirty-five offerings are conveniently organized by theme.

George W. Traub, 2008

Art on the Jesuit Missions in Asia and Latin America, 1542-1773

Through a sweeping look at Jesuit activities in Japan, China, Mughul India, and Paraguay, Bailey finds evidence of artistic hybridization as a means of communication and argues in favour of a paradigm of artistic exchange.

Gauvin Alexander Bailey, 2001

Propaganda and the Jesuit Baroque

In this provocative revisionist work, Evonne Levy brings fresh theoretical perspectives to the study of the "propagandistic" art and architecture of the Jesuit order as exemplified by its late Baroque Roman church interiors.

Evonne Anita Levy, 2004

The New Science and Jesuit Science

Hence his plea for collecting the papers of that industrious historian of Jesuit science, Henri Bosmans, was quite refreshing. Yet Sarton's appeal went unheeded, and not only with respect to Bosmans' papers.

M. Feingold, 2003

Jesuit Science and the Republic of Letters

A reassessment of the Jesuit contributions to the emergence of the scientific worldview.

Mordechai Feingold, 2003

Early Jesuit Travellers in Central Asia: 1603-1721

With special reference to Tibet.

Cornelius Wessels, 1924

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JESUIT»

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Norwin's Curtis Perz to join Wheeling Jesuit basketball team | TribLIVE

Curtis Perz turned down a chance to walk on to the Akron men's team and accepted an invitation to attend Division II Wheeling Jesuit, where ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»

OIBA BASEBALL: Robinson Construction 16, Jesuit 6 (6 innings …

Yovan was not alone as the Wildcats had 17 hits against three Jesuit pitchers. Leadoff batter Jayden Hanna also went 5-for-5 with three runs ... «KUIK, Jul 15»

Jesuit volleyball enters season in top 10 of national rankings …

Jesuit volleyball had one of the most dominant seasons in state history last year, going undefeated (31-0) and winning 81 of 83 sets played en ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»

Wheel-less Regis Jesuit grad Missy Franklin wins ESPY as Best …

The graduate of Aurora's Regis Jesuit High School and former Colorado Stars club swimmer then won the ESPY for Best Female College ... «Aurora Sentinel, Jul 15»

Jordan: finding leadership and purpose in education

In the beginning, I studied at the Jesuit Refugee Service centre in ... I'm currently a student in the Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the ... «Jesuit Refugee Service, Jul 15»

Ex-Detroit Jesuit High School priest to serve 12 years in prison for …

DETROIT, MI -- Richard James Kurtz, 70, a priest and chemistry teacher for decades at University of Detroit Jesuit High School charged with ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»

Wheeling Jesuit University to sell produce at Farmer's Market be …

With all the recent rain, Wheeling Jesuit University's garden has produced an abundance of vegetables, benefiting those in the local community ... «State Journal, Jul 15»

Memorable Superdome moments, No. 40: Jesuit upsets John Curtis …

Jesuit quarterback Trey LaForge (L) and running back Charles Jackson (at right) celebrate as they hoist the trophy after the Division I state ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»

The new North American 'martyrs'—Jesuit missionaries for a very …

America magazine, the Jesuit weekly, has a painstakingly balanced editorial in response to the Obergefell decision. A stranger to the argument ... «Catholic Culture, Jul 15»

2014 Top 100 Prep Football Plays - No. 60: Jesuit WR Kalija …

Jesuit and the Catholic League. John Curtis and the legend. The game really was epic from pregame to the championship celebration and our ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»