papist

[ pey-pist ]

/ ˈpeɪ pɪst /

Disparaging.

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noun

a Roman Catholic.

adjective

papistical.

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Origin of papist

1515–25; earlier papista<New Latin. See pope, -ist

historical usage of papist

Papist and its derivatives such as papism date back to the Protestant Reformation. These and related terms such as popish and popery are still sometimes used by Protestants to show contempt for Roman Catholic practices and tenets.

OTHER WORDS FROM papist

pa·pist·like, adjectivepa·pist·ly, adverban·ti·pa·pist, noun, adjectivenon·pa·pist, noun

pro·pa·pist, noun, adjective

Words nearby papist

papillon, papillose, papillote, Papinian, papism, papist, papistical, papistry, papoose, papoose-root, papovavirus

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How to use papist in a sentence

The same intriguing sycophant who had encouraged the Papist in one fatal error was now encouraging the soldier in another.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Nor indeed does one much want Papist Bishops, wherever they get their pallium; of them as well keep to windward!
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
Go to, my dainty one, did ye ever listen to the voice of Papist cursing?
Lavengro|George Borrow
There were nine or ten thousand horse—Papist and Huguenot—under arms in Paris.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird

The Huguenot and the papist courteously saluted each other, and then rode on.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird

British Dictionary definitions for papist

papist

/ (ˈpeɪpɪst) /

noun, adjective (often capital)

usually derogatory another term for Roman Catholic

Derived forms of papist

papistical or papistic, adjectivepapistry, noun

Word Origin for papist

C16: from French papiste, from Church Latin pāpa pope 1

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