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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Jesuit /ˈdʒɛz(j)ʊɪt/

▶noun a member of a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St Ignatius Loyola and others in 1534.

– origin from Fr. jésuite or mod. L. Jesuita, from Christian L. Iesus ‘Jesus’.

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