Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Society of Jesus | Yes | No | No | No |
Jesuit | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Society of Jesus (noun) | Jesuit (noun) |
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a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship | a member of the Jesuit order |
Society of Jesus (adjective) | Jesuit (adjective) |
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having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism |