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papistic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective papistic has 1 sense
- papistic(a = adj.pert) papist, papistical, popish, r.c., roman, roman catholic, romanist, romish - of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church" Derived form noun papist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
papistic, a. [Cf. F. papistique.].
Of or pertaining to the Church of Rome and its doctrines and ceremonies; pertaining to popery; popish; -- used disparagingly. [1913 Webster]
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