Official name of the Roman Catholic order commonly known as the Jesuits. ...
[n] - the Jesuits: a Roman Catholic religious order
Jesuit order noun a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship
Official name of the Roman Catholic order commonly known as the Jesuits