Jesuitical

Jesuitical
Jesuitically, adv.
/jezh'ooh it"i keuhl, jez'ooh-, jez'yooh-/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
2. (often l.c.) practicing casuistry or equivocation; using subtle or oversubtle reasoning; crafty; sly; intriguing.
Also, Jesuitic.
[1590-1600; JESUIT + -ICAL]

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