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papist

[ pey-pist ]

noun

  1. a Roman Catholic.


adjective

papist

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. derogatory.
    another term for Roman Catholic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ貹辱ٰ, noun
  • 貹ˈ辱پ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 貹p· adjective
  • 貹p· adverb
  • t·貹p noun adjective
  • ԴDz·貹p noun
  • ·貹p noun adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of papist1

1515–25; earlier papista < New Latin. See pope, -ist
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of papist1

C16: from French papiste, from Church Latin pope 1
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He’d say the Irish and them are well known to be Catholic papists and worshipers of the false idols.

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Rumor also had it that these papists were willing to work for lower wages, and, since the corporations did not subsidize their board and keep, the Irish girls were cheaper still to hire.

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At first banned from the colonies, “papists” were grudgingly allowed entry but with severe civic restrictions, including exclusion from political power.

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And he answered, he did very much love some papists, albeit he hated papistry when it proved not conformable to reason and the laws of the country.

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He told her of that woodland country on the borders of three counties, where the papists had long lived undisturbed and where the Gunpowder Plot had had its centre.

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