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popish

English

Etymology

pope +? -ish

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p??p??/
  • (US) enPR: p??p?sh, IPA(key): /?po?p??/

Adjective

popish

  1. (derogatory, used by early Protestants) of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism
    • 1629, Joseph Hall, The Reconciler
      I do, therefore, much blame the petulcity of whatsoever author, that should dare to impute a Popish affection to him […]
  2. (derogatory) acting like, or holding beliefs similar to, the pope.

Synonyms

  • Catholic (neutral)
  • papal (neutral)
  • papist (derogatory)
  • Roman Catholic (neutral)
  • Romish (derogatory)

Derived terms

  • popishly
  • popishness

Related terms

  • pope
  • popess

See also

  • Orangey
  • Prod, Proddy

Anagrams

  • HiPPOs, hippos, shippo

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papacy

English

Etymology

Circa 14th century, from Medieval Latin papatia, from Latin papa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).

Noun

papacy (countable and uncountable, plural papacies)

  1. The office of the pope.
    The papacy represents the head of the Catholic Church.
  2. The period of a particular pope's reign.
    The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.
  3. Roman Catholicism generally.

Related terms

  • papal
  • papist
  • pope
  • popish

Translations

See also

  • Roman Catholicism

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