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Jesuit

noun

Je·​su·​itˈje-zü-ət How to pronounce Jesuit (audio)-zhü- How to pronounce Jesuit (audio)
also-zyü-
1
:a member of the Roman Catholic Society ofJesus founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1534 and devoted to missionary and educational work
2
:one given to intrigue or equivocation
jesuiticaladjective
or less commonlyjesuitic
ˌje-zü-ˈ(w)i-tik How to pronounce Jesuit (audio)
-zhü-, 
-zyü-
, oftenJesuitical
usually disparaging
jesuiticallyadverb
oftenJesuitically
jesuitismnoun
orjesuitry
ˈje-zü-ə-trē How to pronounce Jesuit (audio)
-zhü-, 
-zyü-
, oftenJesuitism
usually disparaging

Word History

Etymology

New LatinJesuita, from Late LatinJesus

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined atsense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use ofJesuit was in 1548

Cite this Entry

“Jesuit.”Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jesuit. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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