Archaic or historical term for the Jesuit order. In modern Japanese, イエズス会 is the standard name. This form may appear in older texts or in contexts discussing early Christianity in Japan.
See also: イエズス会
The Society of Jesus was a Christian religious order that came to Japan during the Warring States period.
In this old document, the notation '耶蘇会' can be seen, but nowadays it is normally written as 'イエズス会'.
Historical kanji spelling using ateji for 'Jesus' (耶蘇). Rarely used today; the standard term is イエズス会.
Katakana-kanji mixed spelling. Also rare; イエズス会 is the modern standard.
From 耶蘇 (ateji for 'Jesus') + 会 ('society, order'). The reading やそ is an old approximation of the Portuguese 'Jesu' or Latin 'Iesu'.