popery
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With so many important battles to be fought, does white magic still have a place in the world and is it even comparable to the witchery popery of 400 years ago?
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2019
A fear of popery might have appealed to some Tories.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2016
And while Pope Francis may be the first actual pope to appear in a film, he'll be following a long and varied tradition of on-screen popery.
From The Verge ● Feb. 2, 2016
Not only the spirit and genius of popery, but also the developments of policy made in the Leopold Reports, put this matter beyond all doubt.
From Thoughts on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes of this Country by William Swan Plumer
There was much discontent with the Hanoverian dynasty in England, but the dread of popery was strong among the middle classes.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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