papistry
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of papistry
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Some said, "Others lopped off the branches of the papistry, but he strikes at the root to destroy the whole."
From John Knox by William M. (William Mackergo) Taylor
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
All this pleased the papistry of the Stuarts.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
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
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
