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Jesuitry   Listen
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Jesuitry  n.  Jesuitism; subtle argument. (R.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Jesuitry" Quotes from Famous Books



... eyes were hazel, and her hair of the same colour; nor could I declare that I had judged of her proficiency as a teacher of the piano by the exquisite line of her pencilled eyebrows. So, in this dilemma, I had recourse to a piece of jesuitry, of which I was not a little proud. I told my dear mother that Miss Wentworth's head was, from a phrenological point of view, magnificent, and that the organs of time and tune were developed to an ...
— Henry Dunbar - A Novel • M. E. Braddon



Words linked to "Jesuitry" :   Christian theology, Jesuitism



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