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Papism

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n. the Roman Catholic faith

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Popery; -- an offensive term.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The system of which the Pope is the head; popery.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome

n. offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church

Word Usage

"Although the parochial schools we looked at assured us they welcomed Baptist, Muslim, and Hindu children along with Catholics, Agatha was afraid I was backsliding toward papism."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

Catholicism catholicity pattern practice

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

popery papistry