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Jesuitries

Jesuitries is the plural of Jesuitry.

Meaning of Jesuitry

Noun

Jesuitry (countable and uncountable, plural Jesuitries)

  1. Synonym of Jesuitism, (Christianity) the work and beliefs of Jesuits, (derogatory, dated) casuistry, sophistry.
    • The poor Girondins, many of them, under such fierce bellowing of Patriotism, say Death; justifying, motivant, that most miserable word of theirs by some brief casuistry and jesuitry.1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VII, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book II (Regicide), page 142
    Synonyms:
    Jesuitism

Questions about Jesuitries

What is Jesuitries the plural of?
Jesuitries is the plural of Jesuitry.

Words near Jesuitries in the dictionary

  1. jesuitize
  2. jesuitized
  3. jesuitizes
  4. jesuitizing
  5. Jesuitocracy
  6. Jesuitries
  7. Jesuitry
  8. Jesuits
  9. Jesuits' drops
  10. Jesuits' nuts
  11. Jesuits' powder

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