Jesuitic

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Compare French jésuitique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛzjuˈɪtɪk/

Adjective

Jesuitic (comparative more Jesuitic, superlative most Jesuitic)

  1. Of or relating to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.
  2. (derogatory, dated)
    1. Crafty, cunning, deceitful.
    2. Of logical arguments: intricate, or casuistic or hair-splitting.
      Synonym: (derogatory, dated) Talmudic
      • , Dryden, “The Preface”, in Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: Jacob Tonson , →OCLC:
        I ſhould be glad therefore, [] that they vvould joyn in a publick Act of diſovvning and deteſting thoſe Jeſuitick Principles; and ſubſcribe to all Doctrines vvhich deny the Popes Authority of Depoſing Kings, and releaſing Subjects from their Oath of Allegiance: []

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Jesuitic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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