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Definition of Popery
1. Noun. Offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church.
Definition of Popery
1. n. The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.
Definition of Popery
1. Noun. (context: usually derogatory Christianity) The teachings, practices and accoutrements of the Roman Catholic Church. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Popery
1. Roman Catholicism [n POPERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Popery
Literary usage of Popery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: From the Restoration of King by Gilbert Burnet (1850)
"They spoke openly against popery ; they drank the most reproachful healths against
them that could be invented, and treated the few papists that were among ..."
2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"The commons in a committee went thro' their bill against popery. ... This day
their bill against popery was reported ; the duke of Norfolk had leave to be ..."
3. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"f The cry of " No popery," which the ministers now bawled out more loudly than
their antagonists, brought them into such favour that they thought to crush ..."
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