Popish

Word POPISH
Character 6
Hyphenation pop ish
Pronunciations /ˈpəʊpɪʃ/

Definitions and meanings of "Popish"

What do we mean by popish?

Of or relating to the popes or the Roman Catholic Church. adjective

Of or pertaining to the Pope or the Roman Catholic Church: used in opprobrium: as, popish doctrines or practices; popish forms and ceremonies.

Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously. adjective

Of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism adjective

Acting in a manner of, or holding beliefs similar to, the pope. adjective

Of or relating to or supporting Romanism adjective

(used by early Protestants) of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism

Acting like, or holding beliefs similar to, the pope.

Another word for a roman catholic used msinly in Ulster and usualy said on the 12th day of july in songs depicting a fight in 1849. Urban Dictionary

What you say when something is cool or hot. "ishness' can be added to the end of any term to make it sound better. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Popish

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The word "popish" in example sentences

Lutheran authorities inveighed against this remnant of what they called popish and anti-Christian superstition. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

From History News Network: Retailers helped establish Christmas as an American tradition by persuading Protestants to overcome centuries of hostility to the holiday, which had long been identified as a popish import. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Probably all these things, even the destruction of shrines and images, reflect a certain rapacity in the king's nature rather than hostility to what would now be called popish practices. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Well, let them be called popish, for the Pope is their master. ❋ Unknown (1904)

A strange story was got up that there was what was called a popish plot for killing the king, and putting James on the throne. ❋ Charlotte Mary Yonge (1862)

How can I enter into the mindset of the Puritan minister whose greatest fear for his kidnapped children is that the Catholic Mohawks will convert them to the "popish" religion? ❋ Fresca (2010)

The minister I quote in this post was obviously terrified that the Mohawks would convert his children to the "popish" religion these Mohawks were Catholic, from contact with the French. ❋ Fresca (2010)

More importantly, they thought Christmas -- the mass of Christ -- was too "popish," by which they meant Roman Catholic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As the outbreak of Civil War struck, the enforcement of the penal laws against "popish" priests was stepped up under Oliver Cromwell. ❋ De Brantigny........................ (2008)

Most Protestants believed that the prince was not really James's son; politicians prophesied that he would be educated in his father's "popish" and absolutist doctrines, and that thus England would continue to be ruled by papist despots. ❋ Carlton J. H. Hayes (1923)

The Commoners next attempted to check the unauthorized collection of customs duties, which produced as much as one-fourth of the total royal revenue, and to prevent the introduction of "popish" innovations in religion, but for this trouble they were sent home. ❋ Carlton J. H. Hayes (1923)

Their tendencies no doubt were felt to be "popish", but they were primarily censured by the Protestant party as ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Charles I., who had already excited the angry suspicion of his Scotch subjects by what they considered the 'popish' ceremonies of his coronation at Holyrood, had lately been enraging them still more by his measures for putting down the national Church and supporting bishops throughout the country. ❋ Mrs. Lang (1909)

Education was temporarily paralyzed, and the right of franchise was rendered nugatory by the order that oaths must be taken with the hand on the Bible -- a "popish" ceremony which the Puritans would not undergo. ❋ Julian Hawthorne (1890)

They also asserted that "_the names of the notes were blasphemous_;" that it was "popish;" that it was a contrivance to get money; that it would bring musical instruments into the churches; and that "no one could learn the tunes any way." ❋ Alice Morse Earle (1881)

[2] Previously Protestants used terms such as "popish," "papist," or "Romanist" in that capacity, but these are now considered pejorative and not so widely used. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They accused the Presbyterian party of wanting to continued the barbarous, "popish" persecutions of the Laudian bishops. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(Catholic) churches into more Romanesque (Protestant) buildings by stripping the "'popish' appointments and whitewashing their columns and walls." ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Paisly] : those [popish] tirants are killing my loyal men [Popish] tirants : [NO WE] ARE NOT ❋ Bigfootr (2006)

Girl 1: i just got a new [cd]! [Girl 2]: [Popishness]! ❋ Barbie (2005)

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