jesuitical
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3ADJ.
kind
VERB + JESUITICAL
begin
JESUITICAL + NOUN
business
Definitions
adj
Synonym of Jesuitic.
[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]
There certainly was a kind of Jesuitical cast to him; she could imagine him sombre in a black cassock.
adj
Synonym of Jesuitic.
Their prosperity appeared to prove that honesty after all was not the best policy. What should I do then? How should I begin the jesuitical business of committing evil that good, personal good, might come of it?
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3[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]
WiktionaryThere certainly was a kind of Jesuitical cast to him; she could imagine him sombre in a black cassock.
WiktionaryTheir prosperity appeared to prove that honesty after all was not the best policy. What should I do then? How should I begin the jesuitical business of committing evil that good, personal good, might
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