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popish

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pop·ish  (ppsh)
adj. Offensive
Of or relating to the popes or the Roman Catholic Church.
popish·ly adv.
popish·ness n.
popish [ˈpəʊpɪʃ]
adj
(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) Derogatory belonging to or characteristic of Roman Catholicism
popishly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.popish - of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church"
papist, papistic, papistical, R.C., Roman Catholic, Romanist, romish, Roman
Translations
popish [ˈpəʊpɪʃ] ADJ (pej) → papista
popish
adj (pej) → papistisch
popish [ˈpəʊpɪʃ] adj (pej) → papistico/a
popish [ˈpəʊpɪʃ] adj (pej) → papistico/a


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In his account of the mission, where his veracity is most to be suspected, he neither exaggerates overmuch the merits of the Jesuits, if we consider the partial regard paid by the Portuguese to their countrymen, by the Jesuits to their society, and by the Papists to their church, nor aggravates the vices of the Abyssins; but if the reader will not be satisfied with a Popish account of a Popish mission, he may have recourse to the history of the church of Abyssinia, written by Dr.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
For two years our ancestors were kept in sullen submission by that filial love which had invariably secured their allegiance to the mother country, whether its head chanced to be a Parliament, Protector, or Popish Monarch.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
A man may have as much wisdom in the possession of an affluent fortune, as any beggar in the streets; or may enjoy a handsome wife or a hearty friend, and still remain as wise as any sour popish recluse, who buries all his social faculties, and starves his belly while he well lashes his back.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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