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UK
/pˈeɪpɪst/
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NOUN
- an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy
ADJECTIVE
-
of or relating to or supporting Romanism
the Roman Catholic Church
How To Use papist In A Sentence
- Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
- It is his fault, not mine, that he writes "Thus beneath the bearded Jesus is the flesh of Christina," and "It was a lesson in pessimism to complement her memory of the mouse," and "Eventually Maria extricated herself from papistic Longleat," plus a thousand more sentences of the kind. The Rossettis
- A comprehensive national Church embracing all but a small number of sectaries and papists would have been a very different matter from a restricted religious establishment, co-existing with large numbers of nonconformists.
- Having no genuine party, the Whigs seek for succour from the Irish papists; Lord John Russell, however, is only imitating Pym under the same circumstances. Sketches
- There is a touch of pathos in the picture of the prim, methodistical English lady, who hated the dirt and slovenliness of her husband's people, was shocked at their jovial ways and free talk, looked upon all Papists as connections of Antichrist, and hoped for the salvation of mankind through the form of religion patronised by Lady Huntington. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century
- Now, my lord, as a true Scottish man, and educated at the Mareschal – College of Aberdeen, I was bound to uphold the mass to be an act of blinded papistry and utter idolatry, whilk I was altogether unwilling to homologate by my presence. A Legend of Montrose
- From about the year 1580, besides the term papist, employed with opprobrious intent, the followers of the old religion were often called Romish or Roman Catholics. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
- The answer had come, by way of George Wishart: it was Scotland who had abandoned God, led astray by the "puddle of papistry. Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles
- Who can tell which crewmate may be a crypto-Papist Spanish spy? Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway
- This movie was made by a devoted Roman Catholic with the advice of papist theologians, and is endorsed by Pope John Paul II.