papist
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In "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light," that conviction is tested by a king who remains steadfastly conservative in his theological beliefs and continues to burn radical Protestants alongside Catholics suspected of papist sympathies.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025
Parliament, then dominated by Puritans who sought purity of worship and doctrine, had just emerged victorious in a civil war against a king they deemed a reactionary autocrat and closet papist.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024
The US, no longer fearful of a papist coup, seems close to a rare unity in wanting to welcome the Pope.
From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2015
“I was born a papist, I have lived as a papist, and I will die a papist,” Caffarra said.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2015
He himself was suspected of being too friendly with the papist King James, and of refusing to pay his bills.
From The Child's Book of American Biography by Stimpson, Mary Stoyell
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