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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Jesuitical 
  adj  :  having  qualities  characteristic  of  Jesuits  or  Jesuitism; 
  "Jesuitical  education"  [syn:  {Jesuitical},  {Jesuitic}, 
  {Jesuit}] 

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