Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a papistical manner.

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  • adverb In a papistical manner; by, or with reference to, a pope.

Etymologies

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papistical +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • The good folks, since they have read the novels, have become Jacobites; and, because all the Jacobs were Papists, the good folks must become Papists also, or, at least, papistically inclined.

    The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" George Henry Borrow 1842

  • The good folks, since they have read the novels, have become Jacobites; and, because all the Jacobs were Papists, the good folks must become Papists also, or, at least, papistically inclined.

    Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 George Henry Borrow 1842

  • The good folks, since they have read the novels, have become Jacobites; and, because all the Jacobs were Papists, the good folks must become Papists also, or, at least, papistically inclined.

    The Romany Rye George Henry Borrow 1842

  • The good folks, since they have read the novels, have become Jacobites; and, because all the Jacobs were Papists, the good folks must become Papists also, or, at least, papistically inclined.

    The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' George Henry Borrow 1842

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