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PAPIST

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pa⋅pist

  [pey-pist] Usually Disparaging.
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–noun
1. a Roman Catholic.
–adjective
2. papistical.
Origin:
1515–25; earlier papista < NL. See pope, -ist

Related forms:
pa⋅pist⋅like, adjective
pa⋅pist⋅ly, adverb
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pa·pist   (pā'pĭst)   
n.  Offensive Used as a disparaging term for a Roman Catholic.

[New Latin pāpista, from Late Latin pāpa; see pope.]
pa'pist, pa·pis'tic (pə-pĭs'tĭk) adj., pa'pist·ry n.
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Word Origin & History

papist 
1534, "adherent of the Pope," from M.Fr. papiste, from papa "Pope," from Church L. papa (see pope).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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