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papist
[ pey-pist ]
noun
- a Roman Catholic.
adjective
papist
/ ˈpeɪpɪst /
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Derived Forms
- ˈpapistry, noun
- paˈpistical, adjective
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Other Words From
- papist·like adjective
- papist·ly adverb
- anti·papist noun adjective
- non·papist noun
- pro·papist noun adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of papist1
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Example Sentences
The same intriguing sycophant who had encouraged the Papist in one fatal error was now encouraging the soldier in another.
Nor indeed does one much want Papist Bishops, wherever they get their pallium; of them as well keep to windward!
Go to, my dainty one, did ye ever listen to the voice of Papist cursing?
There were nine or ten thousand horse—Papist and Huguenot—under arms in Paris.
The Huguenot and the papist courteously saluted each other, and then rode on.
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