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JESUITIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Jesuitic mean?
• JESUITIC (adjective)
The adjective JESUITIC has 1 sense:
1. having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism
Familiarity information: JESUITIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Jesuit; Jesuitic; Jesuitical
Context example:
Jesuitical education
Pertainym:
Jesuit (a member of the Jesuit order)
Jesuitism (the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic))
Derivation:
Jesuit (a member of the Jesuit order)
Jesuitism (the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic))
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