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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism; "Jesuitical education"
 
 Synonyms: Jesuit, Jesuitical
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Jes`u*it"ic\, Jesuitical \Jes`u*it"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
j['e]suitique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles
   and methods.

2. Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious
   use of the word. --Dryden.

 



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