popishnessn.
/ˈpəʊpᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpoʊpɪʃnᵻs/ The quality or condition of being popish, popelike; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic doctrine or practice; a tendency towards or sympathy with this.
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RomeeOE
Babylon1530
popishness1531
popery?1536
popistry?1542
papistry1543
mass-monging1552
antichristianity1555
antichristianism1588
Babel1599
papacy1599
Romanism1603
poping1608
Babylonism1610
Catholicism1613
Romanality1637
catholicship1653
Romishness1653
Roman Catholicism1662
Roman Catholicity1806
catholicity1830
popism1841
old religion1934
1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. l To wish them in better case..is fleyshly minded popishnesse.
?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature v. sig. Fvjv The olde popyshnesse, is past whych was dampnacyon.
1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee 232 As there is no popishnesse, so, I do not see what superstitiousnesse there can be in it.
1688 P. Pett Happy Future State of Eng. 132 No Principle hath in it more of the Popishness of Popery, if I may so say.., then the legitimation of unjust things by holy ends.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Papisticalness, popishness.
1881 Littell's Living Age 21 May 511/2 They have a moral popishness about them, as bad as that of the early risers.
1936 Isis 25 518 A translation of the Imitatio Christi was already in press in 1669 when it was forbidden by the General Court because of its Popishness.
1989 S. Sucharitkul Moon Dance ii. xiv. 275 The elder sang in his wobbly voice, punctuated by the measured beat of the drum; there was, Scott thought, almost a touch of popishness in their ceremony.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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