papist
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- antipapist noun
- nonpapist noun
- papistical adjective
- papistlike adjective
- papistly adverb
- papistry noun
- propapist noun
Etymology
Origin of papist
Example Sentences
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In "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light," that conviction is tested by a king who remains steadfastly conservative in his theological beliefs and continues to burn radical Protestants alongside Catholics suspected of papist sympathies.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025
Parliament, then dominated by Puritans who sought purity of worship and doctrine, had just emerged victorious in a civil war against a king they deemed a reactionary autocrat and closet papist.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024
The US, no longer fearful of a papist coup, seems close to a rare unity in wanting to welcome the Pope.
From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2015
“I was born a papist, I have lived as a papist, and I will die a papist,” Caffarra said.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2015
"Well, this is all a great surprise to me," said Hartigan; and again his deepest astonishment lay in the new knowledge of the papist, rather than of the Indian.
From The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country by Seton, Ernest Thompson
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