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papistry

[pey-puh-stree] / ˈpeɪ pə stri /


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I went out to see the burning at Paul's, and though I knew it was proper that the old papistry should go, yet I was uneasy at the way it was done.

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh

The reign of George the First, was a continual effort of the constitutional spirit against the remnants of papistry and tyranny, which still adhered to the government of England.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various

All this pleased the papistry of the Stuarts.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

In 1638 the National Covenant against "papistry" was signed by all classes in Scotland.

From Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. by Defoe, Daniel

The suspicion of papistry followed him; and orders were given for his arrest.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various