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Popish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Offensive Of or relating to the popes or the Roman Catholic Church.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism

adj. acting in a manner of, or holding beliefs similar to, the pope.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or pertaining to the Pope or the Roman Catholic Church: used in opprobrium: as, popish doctrines or practices; popish forms and ceremonies.

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

adj. of or relating to or supporting Romanism

Word Usage

"From History News Network: Retailers helped establish Christmas as an American tradition by persuading Protestants to overcome centuries of hostility to the holiday, which had long been identified as a popish import."

Cross Reference

popish methodists Popish Plot

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

Romish Catholic Roman Catholic papist papal

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

prelatical diocesan idolatrous knavish Augustinian papal atheistical apostolical Babylonian Catholic