English noun: Society of Jesus | |||
1. | Society of Jesus (group) a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship | ||
Synonyms | Jesuit order | ||
Broader (hypernym) | monastic order, order | ||
Member holonym | Jesuit | ||