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Jesuitic

Jesuitic \Jes`u*it"ic\, Jesuitical \Jes`u*it"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. j['e]suitique.]

  1. Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.

  2. Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word.
    --Dryden.

Usage examples of "jesuitic".

He assumed his grand jesuitic airs, and, although with honeyed word he would take the liberty of censuring me because I sometimes spent a night out, and, as he would say, "God knows where!