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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Jesuitism, in either of its senses.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Jesuitism; subtle argument.

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  • noun Jesuitism; subtle argument.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic)

Etymologies

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Jesuit +‎ -ry

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