subs. (Cambridge University).—1. A graduate or undergraduate of Jesus College.
1771. SMOLLETT, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, To Sir W. Phillips, 20 April. ‘Direct your next to me at Bath; and remember me to all our fellow JESUITS.’
1856. B. H. HALL, A Collection of College Words and Customs, p. 270, s.v.
2. (venery).—A sodomite: JESUIT’S FRATERNITY = the World of Sodomy. For synonyms, see USHER.
1647–80. ROCHESTER, A Ramble in St. James’s Park, in Wks. (1728), 84.
| The JESUITS FRATERNITY | |
| Shall leave the Use of Buggery. |
TO BOX THE JESUIT, verb. phr. (old).—See quot. For synonyms, see FRIG.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. BOX THE JESUIT. … for masturbation…. A crime it is said much practised by the reverend fathers of that society.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
