Society of Jesus
WordNet
noun
(1) 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; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship
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Proper noun
Society of Jesus
- An order of Roman Catholic clergy, the Jesuits, having a tradition of education, theological scholarship, and missionary work