Example sentences for: jesuit

How can you use “jesuit” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • West of town, Sainte-Marie among the Hurons is a reconstruction of the Jesuit mission built in 1639.

  • Judge: "It's too Jesuitical . You probably didn't go to a Jesuit school."

  • Tribes in Canada and along the Great Lakes called Jesuit missionaries Black Robes in yet another nickname related to outlandish apparel.

  • Few of Santarém’s monuments have survived, although the Jesuit seminary and church on the main square, the triangular Largo Sá da Bandeira, has an impressive 17th-century baroque façade.

  • Aside from pure anti-Jesuit animus, this nuance probably arose from the work of some 17th-century Jesuit theologians who imperfectly employed a method known as "casuistry" in resolving questions of moral theology--an approach that gave the broadest possible leeway to individual behavior.


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