papisticallyadv.
/pəˈpɪstᵻkli/, U.S. /pəˈpɪstək(ə)li/ In a papistic manner; in accordance with the practices and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church; in a manner characteristic of a Roman Catholic or Roman Catholicism.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > [adverb]
popishly1538
Romishly1541
catholicly1542
papistically1572
malignantly1645
papistlyc1649
Roman Catholicly1687
1572 Abp. M. Parker Let. 2 Nov. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 403 Inquire of such unordered persons papistically set.
1655 R. Baxter Quakers Catech. 30 These Quakers that Pharisaically and Papistically justifie themselves.
1781 C. Wesley Protestant Assoc. 4 They drag 'em out, and thrust, and bruise 'em, And most papistically use 'em.
1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain 207 What is called papistically inclined.
1875 W. R. Whittingham & H. Harrison Casaubon's Anglican Catholicity p. iv His false position as a Huguenot office-holder under the papistically counselled and controlled French government.
1963 D. B. J. Randall Golden Tapestry v. 101 Times being as they were, the bookseller, Matthew Lownes, was not afraid to present a papistically flavored work of fiction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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