Jesuit

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ʹjĕzo͞oĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛz(j)uɪt/, /ˈdʒɛʒuɪt/

Noun

Jesuit (plural Jesuits)

1. (Catholicism) a member of the Society of Jesus
2. (obsolete) A crafty person; an intriguer.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bejesuit
• Jesuit's bark
• Jesuits' drops

• Jesuits' nuts
• Jesuits' powder
• Jesuits' tea

Translations

member of the Society of Jesus

• Arabic: يَسُوعِيّ m (yasūʕiyy)
• Armenian: ճիզվիտ (hy) (čizvit)
• Bulgarian: йезуит (bg) m (jezuit)
• Catalan: jesuïta (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耶穌會士／耶稣会士 (zh) (Yēsūhuìshì), 耶稣会士 (zh) (yēsū huìshì)

• Czech: jezuita (cs) m
• Danish: jesuit c
• Dutch: jezuïet (nl) m
• Finnish: jesuiitta (fi)
• French: jésuite (fr) m or f
• Galician: xesuíta (gl) m
• Georgian: იეზუიტი (iezuiṭi)
• German: Jesuit (de) m
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• Hungarian: jezsuita (hu)
• Icelandic: jesúíti m
• Italian: gesuita (it)
• Japanese: イエズス会士 (iezusu kaishi), ジェスイット (jesuitto)
• Macedonian: исусовец m (isusovec), језуит m (jezuit)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jesuitt (no) m

  Nynorsk: jesuitt m

• Occitan: jesuïta m or f, jesuista m or f
• Portuguese: jesuíta (pt) m
• Russian: иезуи́т (ru) m (ijezuít), иезуи́тка (ru) f (ijezuítka)
• Spanish: jesuita (es) m or f
• Turkish: cizvit (tr)
• Vietnamese: thầy tu dòng Tên

Adjective

Jesuit

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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

Jesuit m (genitive Jesuiten, plural Jesuiten)

1. Jesuit

Derived terms

• jesuitisch

Further reading

• “Jesuit” in Duden online