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papistic

/pey-pis-ti-kuhl, puh-/US // peɪˈpɪs tɪ kəl, pə- //

教皇式的,教皇式,教宗式的,教宗式

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Disparaging.

    • : of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • This papistical monster was born at Bury, in Suffolk, and partly educated at Cambridge.

  • Such is the example of holiness that the flock may receive of the papistical bishops.

  • Henry Fitzsermon, an Irish Jesuit, was imprisoned for his papistical designs and seditious preaching.

  • One at least of the minds employed on the minor articles of the work had palpably a papistical leaning.

  • Given a Luther, and all the old papistical abuses are swept away like so much chaff before the wind.