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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 | ||
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