jesuitry

Given the numerous other practices that are both unsavory and criminal that the Catholic Church has actively condoned over the years, I see no reason why it cannot take advantage of what used to be called jesuitry to deny same-sex couples the rights that opposite-sex couples do.

Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post 2010

He knew what he was doing well, and is open to a charge of some jesuitry.

The Claverings 2005

Therefore he took Father Brown up sharply whenever that proud pontiff tried to explain anything; and told him to answer yes or no, and tell the plain facts without any jesuitry.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

Therefore he took Father Brown up sharply whenever that proud pontiff tried to explain anything; and told him to answer yes or no, and tell the plain facts without any jesuitry.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

Therefore he took Father Brown up sharply whenever that proud pontiff tried to explain anything; and told him to answer yes or no, and tell the plain facts without any jesuitry.

The Wisdom of Father Brown 1905

So, in this dilemma, I had recourse to a piece of jesuitry, of which I was not a little proud.

Henry Dunbar A Novel 1875

Dear me! and after a time we should be having rank jesuitry advertised as the specific balsam for an unhappy domesticated population treading with hard heels from desperate habit and not the slightest intention to wound. '

Celt and Saxon — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

Dear me! and after a time we should be having rank jesuitry advertised as the specific balsam for an unhappy domesticated population treading with hard heels from desperate habit and not the slightest intention to wound. '

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

She sought refuge in the reply that nothing excused jesuitry.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

She sought refuge in the reply that nothing excused jesuitry.

Celt and Saxon — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868