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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?
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.
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papillose, papillote, papillotomy, Papinian, papism, papist, papistical, papistry, papoose, papoose-root, Papovaviridae
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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, nounWord Origin for papist
C16: from French papiste, from Church Latin pāpa pope 1
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