Jesuitry
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Jesuitism; subtle argument. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 2 the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic) wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Jesuit + -ry.
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