the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The system, doctrines, and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery: usually a term of opprobrium.
Word Usage
"Now, my lord, as a true Scottish man, and educated at the Mareschal – College of Aberdeen, I was bound to uphold the mass to be an act of blinded papistry and utter idolatry, whilk I was altogether unwilling to homologate by my presence."