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papish
papish
English
Adjective
papish (comparative more papish, superlative most papish)
- (now Scotland, Ireland, chiefly pejorative) Roman Catholic.
Noun
papish (plural papishes)
- (now Scotland, Ireland, chiefly pejorative) A Roman Catholic.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 442:
- ‘But how can he have any right to make us papishes?’ says the landlord.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 442: