jesuit order

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 108166480)
    is a type of: monastic order, order - a group of person living under a religious rule
    member holonym: jesuit - a member of the Jesuit order
    same as: society of jesus

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