Jesuit

noun
🔊/ˈdʒezjuɪt/
🔊/ˈdʒeʒəwət/
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  1. a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious group(天主教)耶稣会会士
    • a Jesuit priest耶稣会神父
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryJesuit is used before these nouns:
    • priest
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    Word Originfrom French jésuite or modern Latin Jesuita, from Christian Latin Iesus from Greek Iēsous, from a late Hebrew or Aramaic analogous formation based on Yěhōšûă‘ ‘Joshua’.