papistry
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of papistry
Example Sentences
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I went out to see the burning at Paul's, and though I knew it was proper that the old papistry should go, yet I was uneasy at the way it was done.
From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh
He made it plain that he was engaged in a war against papistry, and he asked George White-field, then in America, for a motto.
From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles
All this pleased the papistry of the Stuarts.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
The suspicion of papistry followed him; and orders were given for his arrest.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
The reign of George the First, was a continual effort of the constitutional spirit against the remnants of papistry and tyranny, which still adhered to the government of England.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various
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