Jesuit
/ˈdʒezjʊɪt/noun
- a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St Ignatius Loyola, St Francis Xavier, and others in 1534, to do missionary work. The order was zealous in opposing the Reformation. Despite periodic persecution it has retained an important influence in Catholic thought and education.耶稣会会士（1534年圣依纳爵·罗耀拉、圣方济各·沙勿略等人创建的罗马天主教修道会的成员, 从事传教布道工作, 该修道会强烈反对宗教改革, 尽管屡遭迫害, 该修道会在天主教思想和教育中仍占有重要地位）。
词源
from French jésuite or modern Latin Jesuita, from Christian Latin Iesus （see JESUS）.