Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at papistry.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Papistry.

Examples

  • Maintenon, before -- eternally hating and resenting "Papistry" -- he abandoned his country and kinsfolk, in the search for religious liberty?

    A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 Humphry Ward 1885

  • And therefore we abhor and detest all contrary religion and doctrine; but chiefly all kind of Papistry in general and particular heads, even as they are now damned and confuted by the Word of God and Kirk of Scotland.

    The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation Various 1876

  • If any one had taken the trouble to weigh, sort, and label the prejudices of Barbara Polwhele, it would have been found that the heaviest of all had for its object "Papistry," -- the second, dirt, -- and the third, "Mistress Walter."

    Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • Malcomson was a manoeuvrer, and, as is pretty usual with individuals of his class and country, he looked upon "Papistry" as an abomination that ought to be removed from the land.

    Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831

  • ‘It should be 1537,’ said he; ‘for so long ago, at the least computation, did my ancestors, in the blinded times of Papistry, possess these lands, and in that year did they build their house.’

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • Papistry — in that rather than in a hatred of those errors against which we Protestants are supposed to protest.

    Castle Richmond 2004

  • Thrower set his candlestick on the floor near the altar -- never on it, since that would smack of Papistry -- and knelt in a prayer of thanksgiving.

    Seventh Son Card, Orson Scott 1987

  • That innocent and most exemplary life was drawing rapidly to its close, and in a few days he rendered up his spirit to his Creator, praying God to defend the realm from Papistry.

    Vietnam: Solutions McCarthy, Mary 1967

  • 'And even if 'tis, there's naething can steer the maister, for tak awa Papistry, he has a hairt o' gold -- the bairns aboot here juist love him. '

    Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

  • And Knox, holding that in this 'Christ Jesus got no small victory' over her, grudges extremely that to her approval of 'the chief head of our religion, wherein we dissent from all Papists and Papistry,' she added no condemnation of opposing ways.

    John Knox A. Taylor Innes

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.