Jesuit

English

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Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ʹjĕzo͞oĭt, IPA: /ˈdʒɛzuɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"dZEzu:It/

Noun

Jesuit (plural Jesuits)

1. (Christianity) a member of the Society of Jesus

Translations

member of the Society of Jesus

• Armenian: ճիզվիտ (hy) (č̣izvit)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耶穌會士 (cmn), 耶稣会士 (cmn) (Yēsū huìshì)

• Czech: jezuita (cs) m
• Dutch: jezuïet (nl) m
• Finnish: jesuiitta (fi)
• French: jésuite (fr) m and f

• Galician: xesuíta (gl) m
• German: Jesuit (de) m
• Hungarian: jezsuita (hu)
• Icelandic: jesúíti (is) m
• Japanese: イエズス会士 (ja) (Iezusu kaishi), ジェスイット (ja) (jesuitto)
• Macedonian: исусовец (mk) (isúsovec) m
• Russian: иезуит (ru) (iezuít) m
• Spanish: jesuita (es) m and f

Derived terms

• Jesuit's bark

Adjective

Jesuit

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of this society or its members