Historical and derogatory name for Roman Catholics or Catholicism.
Medieval theory of papal power.
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Examples for "papist "
Examples for "papist "
1 Some considered him a papist , and a danger to the English Church.
2 When the quarters of the last papist are nailed above York's gates?'
3 He pointed it out upon a map some black-frocked papist had drawn.
4 Beware, I say, of the papist Eve, the harlot and the Jezebel.
5 No, sire, the Earl of Surrey is no traitor and no papist !
1 Erema is popish and outlandish; one scarcely knows how to pronounce it.
2 Make no mistake, I am resolved to do away with popish doctrine.
3 Well, let them be called popish , for the Pope is their master.
4 I don't approve of singing popish music, however beautiful it may be.
5 Our Puritan ancestors despised it as a popish bacchanale decent people should avoid.
1 The downfall of popery in these lands would then have been inevitable.
2 Secondly, he alleged popery had been encouraged and the ecclesiastical jurisdiction enlarged.
3 He allegedly warned his people to beware of a relapse into popery .
4 They denounced the bill as establishing popery , while it merely permitted protestantism.
5 To this coincidence alone were they indebted for their deliverance from popery .
1 This prompted a reaction against Papism and more statutes restricting them.
1 For some time, the close relations of the papalists with France have become alarming.
1 The Those who yielded to stress of persecution fell back into Papalism and went to swell the tide of the Catholic reaction.
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