papish
English
Etymology
From alteration of papist, popish.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
papish (comparative more papish, superlative most papish)
- (now Scotland, Ireland, chiefly derogatory) Roman Catholic.
Noun
papish (plural papishes)
- (now Scotland, Ireland, chiefly derogatory) A Roman Catholic.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 442:
- ‘But how can he have any right to make us papishes?’ says the landlord.
- 1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels, page 31:
- King William on a white horse crossing the Boyne is still their beau ideal and to shout 'To Hell With the Pope' and to stone the 'bloody papishes' is still the chief duty of a 'loyal' Belfast citizen.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 442: