papistry

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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)

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

All this pleased the papistry of the Stuarts.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

At the early period of the Reformation, Dr. Smith of Oxford abjured papistry, with the hope of retaining his professorship, but it was given to Peter Martyr.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac

Wessel is the author of a curious piece of writing on divine worship at Stralsund at the period of papistry.

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew