Meaning of Jesuitical

Jes•u•it•i•cal

Pronunciation: ( jezh"-it'i-kul, jez"-, jez"y-), [key]

— adj.

of or pertaining to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
(often l.c.) practicing casuistry or equivocation; using subtle or oversubtle reasoning; crafty; sly; intriguing.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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Jesuit Jesuitism

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