Definition of Papistry. Meaning of Papistry. Synonyms of Papistry

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Definition of Papistry

Papistry
Papistry Pa"pist*ry, n. The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery. [R.] --Whitgift.

Meaning of Papistry from wikipedia

- The words Popery (adjective Popish) and Papism (adjective Papist, also used to refer to an individual) are mainly historical pejorative words in the English...
- new state religion was condemned at the time in such terms as "a cloaked papistry, or mingle mangle". As Elizabeth's Lord Keeper, Nicholas Bacon, put it...
- practice of witchcraft and comparatively elaborates James' views against papistry. In the preface, King James states that he chose to write the content in...
- court: to the Earl of Huntly's lying in his majesty's chamber and preaching Papistry, truth it is I think he be a Papist, but not precise as he had not rather...
- Richard Spenser clergyman (former) – 'a ... Priest ... who leaving his papistry, had married a wife, and became a player in interludes' Burnt about 1541/2...
- Apology Against the Defence of Schisme (1593), an attack against church papistry in which he scolded Thomas Bell for supporting the occasional taking of...
- certificates 1614-27 2009 The Basilican (St Chad's Cathedral Magazine) Papistry and Brewing: The Malt House at Harvington 2010 Midlands Catholic History...
- principles of the Church of England. He likened the Revised Prayer Book to "papistry", as he believed that the reservation of sacrament implied a belief in...
- death of King James in 1625. The new king, Charles I, stopped charges of Papistry levelled against the Earl and restored to him his father's honours in 1631...
- interest, and the poem fell flat. He also wrote a poem in Lowland Scots, Papistry Stormed (1827); two historical dramas, Cardinal Beaton (1823) and John...