English words for 'A Jesuit.'
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adj
- (music) Pertaining to the mean-tone temperament, in which major thirds are perfectly in tune.
- (medicine, of a fever) Characterised by paroxysms recurring every other day (that is, every third day by inclusive reckoning).
- of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds
- relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day
noun
noun
noun
- Initialism of parish priest.
- (video games) Abbreviation of performance points.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pussy pass.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polypropylene.
- (dance) Initialism of promenade position.
- (sports) Initialism of power play.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”).
- (British, Ireland) Initialism of planning permission.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”).
- (medicine) Initialism of precocious puberty.
- (grammar) Initialism of postpositional phrase.
- (grammar) Initialism of past participle.
- (grammar) Initialism of prepositional phrase.
- Initialism of public parking.
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phrase
noun
noun
- A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
- (US military) A servicemember of the United States Space Force.
- (video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
- (law) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
- Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
- (law) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
- a person who cares for persons or property
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noun
adj
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verb
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adj
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- The head friar of a house of friars.
- An honorary position held by a priest in some cathedrals.
- The head of a priory (“a monastery which is usually a branch of an abbey”), or some other minor or smaller monastery; a prior conventual.
- (by extension) In the rationalsphere: a belief supported by previous evidence or experience that one can use to make inferences about the future.
- The elected head of a guild of craftsmen or merchants in some countries in Europe and South America.
- (Canada, US, law enforcement, chiefly in the plural) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record.
- The head of the Arrouaisian, Augustinian, and formerly Premonstratensian religious orders.
- In an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy; a prior claustral.
- A chief magistrate of the Republic of Florence (1115–1569) in what is now Italy.
- (Bayesian statistics) A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
- the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
adj
- More important or significant.
- (Bayesian statistics) Chiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
- Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
- earlier in time
adv
noun
noun
- the head of the Roman Catholic Church
- (cooking) Garlic, when used in addition to the Holy Trinity of celery, bell peppers and onions.
- (by extension, now often ironic) Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
- (British) The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
- (US, dialectal, rare) The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).
- (Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
- (Coptic Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
- (alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
- (UK) An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times.
- (Russian Orthodoxy) Alternative form of pop, a Russian Orthodox priest.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
- (US regional) The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
- (rare) The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).
- (uncommon) A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.
- (by extension) Any similar head of a religion.
- (UK regional, Cumberland, Cornwall, Devon, Scotland) The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
verb
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- a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
- a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
- a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
- a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy
- a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
- a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
- Alternative spelling of qanun.
- In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
- A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
- A formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
- A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
- Alternative spelling of cannon (“a carom in billiards”).
- (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
- A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
- (chiefly fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymic) these sources' content.
- The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
- A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
- (cooking) Alternative form of cannon (“rolled and filleted loin of meat”).
- The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
- A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
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noun
- The home of a Roman Catholic parish priest.
- The district (jurisdiction) of those presbyters.
- A section of a church reserved for the clergy, containing the altar.
- A body of elders in the early Christian church.
- Presbyters collectively; the body of presbyters of a congregation.
- building reserved for the officiating clergy
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adj
adj
noun
- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
- A variety of pear.
- (now historical) A type of fine woolen material.
- A member of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary.
noun
- (Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.
- (nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral.
- (military) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace.
- (colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid-of-all-work.
- (uncountable) General anesthesia.
- A great strategist or tactician.
- (uncountable, insurance) The general insurance industry.
- (countable) A general anesthetic.
- the head of a religious order or congregation
- a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
- a general officer of the highest rank
adj
- Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
- Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
- Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
- Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range.
- (sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent.
- Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
- somewhat indefinite
- of worldwide scope or applicability
- prevailing among and common to the general public
- applying to all or most members of a category or group
- affecting the entire body
- not specialized or limited to one class of things
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noun
- a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
- (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
- (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
- In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
- A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.
- In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.
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noun
noun
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- a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders
- (historical, rare) A member of a supposed radical group of the early Reformation, who allegedly believed that humans would not enter Heaven until the Last Judgment.
- A friar or monk of any Augustinian order.
- A follower of St Augustine or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace.
adj
noun
- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
- A friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order, such as (Roman Catholicism) the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (for men), Order of Friars Minor Conventual (men), Order of Saint Clare (women), or the Third Order of Saint Francis (men and women); or (Protestantism) certain orders in some Protestant churches, especially the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.
- A friar of the religious order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1209, now known as the Order of the Friars Minor.
adj
- of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him
- Of or pertaining to Saint Francis of Assisi.
- Of or pertaining to (Roman Catholicism) the Order of the Friars Minor, or (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) to another religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order.
noun
adj
- (music) Pertaining to the mean-tone temperament, in which major thirds are perfectly in tune.
- (medicine, of a fever) Characterised by paroxysms recurring every other day (that is, every third day by inclusive reckoning).
- of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds
- relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day
noun
noun
noun
- Initialism of parish priest.
- (video games) Abbreviation of performance points.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pussy pass.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polypropylene.
- (dance) Initialism of promenade position.
- (sports) Initialism of power play.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”).
- (British, Ireland) Initialism of planning permission.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”).
- (medicine) Initialism of precocious puberty.
- (grammar) Initialism of postpositional phrase.
- (grammar) Initialism of past participle.
- (grammar) Initialism of prepositional phrase.
- Initialism of public parking.
name
phrase
noun
noun
- A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
- (US military) A servicemember of the United States Space Force.
- (video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
- (law) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
- Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
- (law) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
- a person who cares for persons or property
noun
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
adj
noun
- The head friar of a house of friars.
- An honorary position held by a priest in some cathedrals.
- The head of a priory (“a monastery which is usually a branch of an abbey”), or some other minor or smaller monastery; a prior conventual.
- (by extension) In the rationalsphere: a belief supported by previous evidence or experience that one can use to make inferences about the future.
- The elected head of a guild of craftsmen or merchants in some countries in Europe and South America.
- (Canada, US, law enforcement, chiefly in the plural) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record.
- The head of the Arrouaisian, Augustinian, and formerly Premonstratensian religious orders.
- In an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy; a prior claustral.
- A chief magistrate of the Republic of Florence (1115–1569) in what is now Italy.
- (Bayesian statistics) A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
- the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
adj
- More important or significant.
- (Bayesian statistics) Chiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
- Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
- earlier in time
adv
noun
noun
- the head of the Roman Catholic Church
- (cooking) Garlic, when used in addition to the Holy Trinity of celery, bell peppers and onions.
- (by extension, now often ironic) Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
- (British) The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
- (US, dialectal, rare) The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).
- (Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
- (Coptic Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
- (alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
- (UK) An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times.
- (Russian Orthodoxy) Alternative form of pop, a Russian Orthodox priest.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
- (US regional) The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
- (rare) The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).
- (uncommon) A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.
- (by extension) Any similar head of a religion.
- (UK regional, Cumberland, Cornwall, Devon, Scotland) The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
verb
noun
- a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
- a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
- a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
- a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy
- a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
- a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
- Alternative spelling of qanun.
- In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
- A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
- A formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
- A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
- Alternative spelling of cannon (“a carom in billiards”).
- (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
- A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
- (chiefly fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymic) these sources' content.
- The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
- A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
- (cooking) Alternative form of cannon (“rolled and filleted loin of meat”).
- The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
- A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
adj
noun
- The home of a Roman Catholic parish priest.
- The district (jurisdiction) of those presbyters.
- A section of a church reserved for the clergy, containing the altar.
- A body of elders in the early Christian church.
- Presbyters collectively; the body of presbyters of a congregation.
- building reserved for the officiating clergy
noun
adj
noun
- (Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.
- (nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral.
- (military) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace.
- (colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid-of-all-work.
- (uncountable) General anesthesia.
- A great strategist or tactician.
- (uncountable, insurance) The general insurance industry.
- (countable) A general anesthetic.
- the head of a religious order or congregation
- a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
- a general officer of the highest rank
adj
- Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
- Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
- Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
- Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range.
- (sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent.
- Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
- somewhat indefinite
- of worldwide scope or applicability
- prevailing among and common to the general public
- applying to all or most members of a category or group
- affecting the entire body
- not specialized or limited to one class of things
verb
noun
- a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
- (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
- (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
- In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
- A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.
- In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.
noun
noun
- a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders
- (historical, rare) A member of a supposed radical group of the early Reformation, who allegedly believed that humans would not enter Heaven until the Last Judgment.
- A friar or monk of any Augustinian order.
- A follower of St Augustine or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace.
adj
noun
- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
- A friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order, such as (Roman Catholicism) the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (for men), Order of Friars Minor Conventual (men), Order of Saint Clare (women), or the Third Order of Saint Francis (men and women); or (Protestantism) certain orders in some Protestant churches, especially the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.
- A friar of the religious order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1209, now known as the Order of the Friars Minor.
adj
- of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him
- Of or pertaining to Saint Francis of Assisi.
- Of or pertaining to (Roman Catholicism) the Order of the Friars Minor, or (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) to another religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order.
adj
noun
- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
- A variety of pear.
- (now historical) A type of fine woolen material.
- A member of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary.
adj
noun
- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
- A variety of pear.
- (now historical) A type of fine woolen material.
- A member of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary.