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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism;
- Example: "Jesuitical education"
[syn: Jesuitical, Jesuitic, Jesuit]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jesuitic \Jes`u*it"ic\, Jesuitical \Jes`u*it"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. j['e]suitique.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods. [1913 Webster] 2. Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Jesuitical adj 1: having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism; "Jesuitical education" [syn: Jesuitical, Jesuitic, Jesuit]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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