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adj. - Having qualities characteristic of a member of the Roman Catholic priestly order founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1534 and devoted to missionary and educational work

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  • Bobby Jindal, in a fit of Jesuitic reasoning, said he's have voted against the bill if he were still in the House, but he'll accept the billions of dollars coming to...
  • "Bobby Jindal, in a fit of Jesuitic reasoning, said he's have voted against the bill if he were still in the House, but he'll accept the billions of dollars coming to...
  • The police, under Jesuitic influence, at length seized on the plates in the cabinet of the fair artist.
  • She studied the friendly, Jesuitic wrinkles in his face, by virtue of which he managed to conceal his real thoughts.
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