Jesuitical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jesuitic \Jes`u*it"ic\, Jesuitical \Jes`u*it"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
     j['e]suitique.]
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     1. Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles
        and methods.
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     2. Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious
        use of the word. --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Jesuitical
       adj : having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism;
             "Jesuitical education" [syn: {Jesuitic}, {Jesuit}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "jesuitical":
     apparently sound, casuistic, colorable, deceptive, dishonest,
     disingenuous, empty, fallacious, hollow, illusive, insincere,
     jesuitic, mealymouthed, overrefined, oversubtle, philosophistic,
     plausible, sophistic, sophistical, specious, tongue in cheek,
     uncandid, unfrank, unserious