Jesuitry
Noun

Jesuitry

  1. Jesuitism; subtle argument.
    • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
      The poor Girondins, many of them, under such fierce bellowing of Patriotism, say Death; justifying, motivant, that most miserable word of theirs by some brief casuistry and jesuitry.



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