papist

See also: Papist

English

Alternative forms

• Papist

Etymology

From Middle French papiste, from Latin pāpa (“pope”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪp.ɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪpɪst

Noun

papist (plural papists)

1. (religious slur, Christianity) A Roman Catholic, especially one whose loyalties are seen to be with the papacy in Rome.

Usage notes

• Used by some Protestants and historical British legislations.

Synonyms

• Romist

Derived terms

• antipapist
• nonpapist
• papistly
• ultrapapist

Related terms

• papa-
• papacy
• papal
• papally
• papism
• papistic
• papistical
• papistry
• pope
• popery
• popish
• popishness

Translations

slur: Roman Catholic

• Armenian: պապամոլ (papamol)
• Esperanto: papisto
• Finnish: papisti
• French: papiste (fr) m or f
• German: Papist (de) m, Papistin f, Kathole (de) m, Katholin (de) f
• Greek: παπικός (el) (papikós)
• Hungarian: pápista (hu), pápapárti
• Icelandic: pápisti m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: papist m

  Nynorsk: papist m

• Polish: papista (pl) m, papistka f
• Portuguese: papista m or f
• Romanian: papist (ro) m, papistă (ro) f
• Russian: папист (ru) m (papist), папистка f (papistka)
• Spanish: papista (es) m or f
• Swedish: papist (sv) c
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: پاپست (papist), پاپسته (papista), پاپشته (papişta)

• Welsh: pabydd m

Adjective

papist (comparative more papist, superlative most papist)

1. (religious slur, Christianity) Roman Catholic.
   • 2011, Jill Hedges, Argentina: A Modern History‎^[1]:

     However, Menem promptly surprised many observers (and most of his voters) by forming an alliance with Alsogaray, and becoming more papist than the Pope in economic orthodoxy.

Synonyms

• popish

Translations

slur: Roman Catholic

• Armenian: պապամոլ (papamol)
• French: papiste (fr)
• German: papistisch (de)
• Swedish: papistisk (sv)
• Welsh: pabyddol (cy)

See also

• Roman Catholicism
• Reformation

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

French pape

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

French -iste

French papistebor.

Romanian papist

Borrowed from French papiste. By surface analysis, papă (“pope”) + -ist.

Noun

papist m (plural papiști, feminine equivalent papistă)

1. papist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	papist	papistul	papiști	papiștii
genitive-dative	papist	papistului	papiști	papiștilor
vocative	papistule		papiștilor