popery

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With so many important battles to be fought, does white magic still have a place in the world and is it even comparable to the witchery popery of 400 years ago?

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2019

A fear of popery might have appealed to some Tories.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2016

And while Pope Francis may be the first actual pope to appear in a film, he'll be following a long and varied tradition of on-screen popery.

From The Verge • Feb. 2, 2016

In his exile, he confined himself to popery.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John

During the riots of 1780, when most persons, to save their houses, wrote on their doors, No popery, Grimaldi, to avoid all mistakes, chalked up on his, No religion.

From The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. by Various