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ˈmass-ˌmonger arch.
[mass n.1]
A contemptuous term for a Roman Catholic.
Common in the 16th c.
1550Bale Eng. Votaries ii. 27 Callynge both hym & hys masmongers..fleshe makers. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Skiamachia Wks. (1711) 199 Ye are mass-mongers, adorers of angels, [etc.]. 1826Southey Vind. Eccl. Angl. 211 This scheme for bringing custom to the mass-mongers at Tunnacester.
So † ˈmass-ˌmonging vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1552Latimer Serm. 23rd Sund. Trin. (1584) 209 An other denying of Christ is this Massemongyng. 1607R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World of Wonders 204 Another Masse-monging gentleman of Lorraine. 1612W. Sclater Minister's Portion 8 Things giuen to superstitious vses, suppose to maintain masmonging. |