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papistical, a.|pəˈpɪstɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a papist or papists; adhering to the pope; of, pertaining, or adhering to the Church of Rome and its doctrines, ceremonies, and traditions; popish. Usually hostile or opprobrious. (In quot. 1568 = papal.)
1537Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. 17 July (1902) II. 65 Soo his grace cannot a litle mervayl to here of the papisticall facion that is mayntained in that town. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 599 Aspiryng to ascend to the Papisticall Sea. 1654Whitlock Zootomia 358 Our Protestant Jesuites..(as well as the Papisticall) care not for converting those Indians that have no Gold. 1767S. Paterson Another Trav. II. 66 A papistical or a calvinistic saint. 1873M. Collins Squire Silchester II. ii. 17 The decorations had become unpopular. Somebody had called them Papistical. |