papistical

American  

[pey-pis-ti-kuhl, puh-] / peɪˈpɪs tɪ kəl, pə- /

Also papistic

adjective

Disparaging.

1. of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.

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Other Word Forms

• antipapistic adjective
• antipapistical adjective
• nonpapistic adjective
• nonpapistical adjective
• papistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of papistical

1530–40; probably < Middle French papistique ( papist, -ic ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The commencement of the quarrel was on account of the church named the Holy Sepulchre, and to decide whether a papistical or a Greek priest should take precedence there.

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Diedrich of Jabel and seven other pastors complained of the papistical assumptions of the supreme council, and at a general synod in a.d.

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All that papistical stuff is awful bosh, and a parson who goes in for it is no better than a wolf in sheep’s clothing—as old mother Frewen always says.

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Ascham not only abhorred all Italians as papists, but all Italian books as papistical.

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Given a Luther, and all the old papistical abuses are swept away like so much chaff before the wind.

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