🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

papiste

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pa.pist

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Papist/ˈpeɪ.pɪst/
nounadjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Ce terme historique était souvent utilisé pour désigner un papiste."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An adherent of the Roman Catholic Church, historically used as a hostile or disparaging term by Protestants.

    "During the penal laws in Britain, being identified as a papist carried severe civil disabilities."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or characteristic of papists; popish.

    "The pamphleteer published numerous tracts warning against papist influence in the government."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Medieval Latin word 'papa' meaning pope, via French and German influences into 16th-century English. Originally used neutrally, it quickly evolved into a hostile, polemical term employed mainly by Protestants to disparage Roman Catholics.

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