<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: A crafty person; an intriguer.</def>
<cs><col>Jesuits' bark</col>, <cd>Peruvian bark, or the bark of certain species of <spn>Cinchona</spn>; -- so called because its medicinal properties were first made known in Europe by Jesuit missionaries to South America.</cd> -- <col>Jesuits' drops</col>. <cd>See <cref>Friar's balsam</cref>, under <er>Friar</er>.</cd> -- <col>Jesuits' nut</col>, <cd>the European water chestnut.</cd> -- <col>Jesuits' powder</col>, <cd>powdered cinchona bark.</cd> -- <col>Jesuits' tea</col>, <cd>a Chilian leguminous shrub, used as a tea and medicinally.</cd></cs>
<h1>Jesuited</h1> <Xpage=799>
<hw>Jes"u*it*ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits.</def>
<i>Milton.</i>
<h1>Jesuitess</h1> <Xpage=799>
<hw>Jes"u*it*ess</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>J\'82suitesse</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of an order of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1633.</def>
<h1>Jesuitic, Jesuitical</h1> <Xpage=799>
<hw><hw>Jes`u*it"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Jes`u*it"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>j\'82suitique</ets>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i>
<h1>Jesuitically</h1> <Xpage=799>
<hw>Jes`u*it"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a jesuitical manner.</def>
<h1>Jesuitism</h1> <Xpage=799>
<hw>Jes"u*it*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>j\'82suitisme</ets>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>The principles and practices of the Jesuits.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Cunning; deceit; deceptive practices to effect a purpose; subtle argument; -- an opprobrious use of the word.</def>
<h1>Jesuitocracy</h1> <Xpage=799>
<hw>Jes`u*it*oc"ra*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Jesuit</ets> + -<ets>cracy</ets>, as in <ets>aristocracy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a country.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>C. Kingsley.</i>
<h1>Jesuitry</h1> <Xpage=799>
<hw>Jes"u*it*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Jesuitism; subtle argument.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Carlyle.</i>
<h1>Jesus</h1> <Xpage=799>
<hw>Je"sus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Jesus</ets>, Gr. <?/, from Heb. <ets>Y\'82sh<?/a'</ets>; <ets>Y\'beh</ets> Jehovah + <ets>h<?/sh<?/a'</ets> to help.]</ety> <def>The <er>Savior</er>; the name of the Son of God as announced by the angel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in distinction from Christ, his official appellation.</def>
<i>Luke i. 31.</i>
<blockquote>Thou shalt call his name <b>Jesus</b>; for he shall save his people from their sins. <i>Matt. i. 21.</i></blockquote>
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