Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
Jesuit .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jesuits, for they never do the least thing without their order: so that they (_the Jesuits_) are masters in spiritual matters, which, as you know, is a powerful lever for moving every thing else. "
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Jesuits from the 'traditional' clergy there - views which never got through to the Catholic journals in Britain.
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Jesuits from the 'traditional' clergy there - views which never got through to the Catholic journals in Britain.
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Jesuits from the 'traditional' clergy there - views which never got through to the Catholic journals in Britain.
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On the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish possessions in 1767, he returned to his native land.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
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Father Andrew White (q.v.) and four other Jesuits from the English missions arrived in territory now comprised in the state of Maryland,
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Jesuits from the Spanish dominions by the Government of Charles III put an end to this prosperous condition.
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In 1551 Ferdinand I called the Jesuits to Vienna to revive the religious spirit and on 17 Nov., 1558, gave them two permanent theological professorships.
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On February 27, 1767, Don Carlos III of Spain issued his famous decree expelling the Jesuits from the Spanish dominions.
The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco
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The word Jesuits was not even spoken, but a big black shadow passed athwart the gay sunlight of the dining-room, and for a moment seemed to fill it with darkness.
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