papist
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- antipapist noun
- nonpapist noun
- papistical adjective
- papistlike adjective
- papistly adverb
- papistry noun
- propapist noun
Etymology
Origin of papist
Example Sentences
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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
The Rákóczy family, after Helen Zrinyi's husband had turned papist, for the most part were brought up at Vienna, and many of them held commissions in the Imperial army.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r
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