papist

See also: Papist

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French papiste, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin papa (“pope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪp.ɪst/
• Rhymes: -eɪpɪst

Noun

papist (plural papists)

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

Usage notes

• Used by some Protestants.

Synonyms

• Romist

Related terms

• papa-
• papacy
• papal
• papistical
• papistic
• papism
• papistry
• pope
• popish

Translations

slur: Roman Catholic

• Esperanto: papisto
• Finnish: papisti
• German: Papist (de) m, Papistin f, Kathole (de) m, Katholin f
• Greek: παπικός (el) (papikós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: pápista (hu), pápapárti
• Icelandic: pápisti m
• Swedish: papist (sv) c

Adjective

papist (comparative more papist, superlative most papist)

1. (religious slur, Christianity) The quality of being a papist.
   • 2011, Jill Hedges, Argentina: A Modern History

     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.

See also

• Roman Catholicism
• Reformation