papistry

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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

Some said, "Others lopped off the branches of the papistry, but he strikes at the root to destroy the whole."

From John Knox by Taylor, William M. (William Mackergo)

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

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

All this pleased the papistry of the Stuarts.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor