Definition of "Jesuitic"

Of or relating to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.  examples

(derogatory, dated)

1. Crafty, cunning, deceitful.  quotations  examples

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   • 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?

     1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, page 11

2. Of logical arguments: intricate, or casuistic or hair-splitting.  quotations  examples

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   • I ſhould be glad therefore, […] that they vvould joyn in a publick Act of diſovvning and deteſting thoſe Jeſuitick Principles; and ſubſcribe to all Doctrines vvhich deny the Popes Authority of Depoſing Kings, and releaſing Subjects from their Oath of Allegiance: […]

     , [John] Dryden, “The Preface”, in Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson […]