papist
3
9.9
- noun
- /ˈpeɪpɪst/
- Slur
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papista
- Everyone at court has a Papist somewhere in their family.
But it was just funny that I think when he looked at me, he saw a leprechaun who was trying to a Pope loving, licking Papist.
- But it was just funny that I think when he looked at me, he saw a leprechaun who was trying to a Pope loving, licking Papist.
Examples
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"And the Papists seek salvation in a like manner," adding all manner of requirements to the true law.
Academic text (2003) -
Mother would have called him a Papist, though.
Fiction book (1993) -
May Anna, who was a papist herself, never would go to him for confession.
Fiction book (1990) -
Are we to abide a papist and a woman both?
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Half the town is saying you're a papist.
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I die neither atheist nor papist, and in that faith to which I was born, I bid you all to pray for me.
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In dismay, he declared that "a Papist or an Infidel was as eligible" as Christians to seek and hold office.
Academic text (1997) -
Protestants must be on the alert and guard against the assaults of papists on our free institutions.
Academic text (2005) -
Old fears about the immigrants' proclivity for radical politics or blind adherence to papist superstitions persisted as well.
Academic text (1991) -
Many people in the town still hold prejudices against Papists and their loyalty to the pope.
Synonyms
A person who supports the Pope having strong power over local church leaders
Surface Forms
Morphology
papist = pope (semi-transparent) = pap + ist
The word is built with the familiar agentive suffix -ist from a pope-related base, but the modern pejorative denominational label is somewhat specialized.
Etymology
Papist comes from papa, a word meaning 'father', and the same root is in pope, while the ending -ist means 'follower'. So a papist is someone who follows the pope, and the word has often been used as an insult for Roman Catholics.