papistry
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of papistry
Example Sentences
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Wessel is the author of a curious piece of writing on divine worship at Stralsund at the period of papistry.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow
All this pleased the papistry of the Stuarts.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
At the early period of the Reformation, Dr. Smith of Oxford abjured papistry, with the hope of retaining his professorship, but it was given to Peter Martyr.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
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 Charles Whibley
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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