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Jesuitry
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English
Alternative forms
en jesuitry
Etymology
From en Jesuit ry.
Noun
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en Jesuitism, en Christianity the work and beliefs of Jesuits, en pejorative dated casuistry, sophistry.
III II VII 142 The poor Girondins, many of them, under such fierce bellowing of Patriotism, say Death; justifying, motivant, that most miserable word of theirs by some brief casuistry and jesuitry.
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