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n. - The theology or the practices of the Roman Catholic priestly order founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1534 and devoted to missionary and educational work (often considered to be casuistic).

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  • It will be seen that what is known as Jesuitry, in its mundane force and in its personal devotion to a cause, emerges from the precepts of Ignatius.
  • English spirit from the gentle Jesuitry of the foreign and Romish system.
  • Perhaps, unknown to herself, her foreign blood prompted her to that sad Jesuitry which teaches all means are justifiable to the desired end.
  • There's a vast amount of Jesuitry among well-meaning
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