Society of Jesus (n)
Jesuit order (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 14
def 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
def it is strongly committed to education and scholarship
Outgoing links
Hypernym order, monastic order
Member meronym Jesuit
Incoming links
Hyponym order, monastic order
Member holonym Jesuit

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