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Papist

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papistical(derogatory) Being of or connected with the Roman Catholic faith.
papistic(derogatory) Being of or connected with the Roman Catholic faith.
popish(derogatory, used by early Protestants) of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism
romannoun(of type, typography) Upright, as opposed to italic.
roman catholicnounA person who belongs to the Roman Catholic Church.
romanistnoun(often derogatory) A Roman Catholic.
romishBelonging or relating to Rome.

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WordDefinition
papistic(derogatory) Being of or connected with the Roman Catholic faith.
papistical(derogatory) Being of or connected with the Roman Catholic faith.
romanistnoun(often derogatory) A Roman Catholic.
roman catholicnounA person who belongs to the Roman Catholic Church.
popish(derogatory, used by early Protestants) of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism
romishBelonging or relating to Rome.
romannoun(typography) One of the main three types used for the Latin alphabet (the others being italics and blackletter), in which the ascenders are mostly straight.
papishernoun(archaic, religious slur, Christianity) A Roman Catholic; a papist.
papismnoun(often derogatory) the Roman Catholic faith
papistrynoun(derogatory) The Roman Catholic faith.
papacynoun(usually) The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
latinnounOf or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.
papalistnoun(chiefly historical) A supporter of papal authority; (Middle Ages) a hierocrat.
vaticanistnounSomeone who studies the Vatican.
popenoun(Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
bishop of romenoun(Christianity) The pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
babylonismnounA borrowing or influence from the Babylonian language (a form the Akkadian language) or culture.
caesaropapistnounA supporter of caesaropapism.
romistnoun(archaic) A Roman Catholic.
titular churchnoun(Christianity) Any of the parish churches of Rome supplying a title to cardinal priests.

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