Society of Jesus

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noun

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
• Syn:
Jesuit order
• Hypernyms:
order, monastic order
• Member Meronyms:
Jesuit