popeling

English

Alternative forms

• Popeling

Etymology

From pope +‎ -ling.

Noun

popeling (plural popelings)

1. A petty or deputy pope.
2. An adherent of the pope.
   • 1593, Christopher Marlowe, The Massacre at Paris:

     He takes his vantage on religion,
     To plant the Pope and popelings in the realm

References

• “popeling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• peopling