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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[Cf. F.

papistique

Of or pertaining to the Church of Rome and its doctrines and ceremonies; pertaining to popery; popish; – used disparagingly.

“The old papistic worship.”

T. Warton.

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Pa-pis′tic-al-ly

adv.

papistical ‎(comparative more papistical, superlative most papistical)