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papistry

[pey-puh-stree]

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noun Disparaging.

the Roman Catholic Church.

RELATED WORDS

Catholicism, Catholicity, Romanism, popery

Origin of papistry

First recorded in 1540–50; papist + -ry

Usage note

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for papistry

Historical Examples of papistry

As for me, I have been hauled before the courts on a charge of Papistry.
London
Walter Besant
Not one of all who heard him that day ever gave ear again to papistry.
Ringan Gilhaize
John Galt
The first book exhibits the struggles of the Reformation with papistry.
Amenities of Literature
Isaac Disraeli
Sometimes the most sincere of Protestants in sickness "relapsed into papistry."
English Travellers of the Renaissance
Clare Howard
The earlier members of the Leighton family had shared the dislike of their fellow townsmen for anything approaching “papistry.”
The Gilded Man
Clifford Smyth