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Definition of Popish
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or supporting Romanism. "The Roman Catholic Church"
Derivative terms: Papist, Papist, Papist
Partainyms: Romanism, Romanism, Romanism, Romanism, Romanism
Definition of Popish
1. a. Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously.
Definition of Popish
1. Adjective. (context: derogatory) of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism ¹
2. Adjective. (context: derogatory) acting in a manner of, or holding beliefs similar to, the pope. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Popish
1. pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Popish
Literary usage of Popish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1892)
"25, T., Izrael Tongue discovers a popish plot3 to the king, ... Citizens of Oxford
and the University put themselves in defence after the popish plot broke ..."
2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1892)
"215, T., Izrael Tongue discovers a popish ... Citizens of Oxford and the University
put themselves in defence after the popish plot broke out: vide ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"'A briefe Confutation of a popish Die- course,' by John Howlet (was written by
Robert Persons, SJ), London, 1581, 4to. ..."
4. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1808)
"... therefore, it is, I presume, far from being unseasonable to be reprinted
together with The Protestant's doom in popish times', when the whole nation is ..."
5. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"... popish plot New council—Limitations on a popish successor—Bill of exclusion—Habeas
corpus bill—Prorogation and dissolution of the parliament—Trial and ..."
6. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England by John Campbell Campbell, Joseph Arnould (1881)
"We know too much of your religion ; no one gives the sacrament in a wafer except
he be a popish priest: you gave that woman the sacrament in a wafer ; ergo, ..."
7. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"INTRODUCTION TO THE TRIALS FOR THE popish PLOT. are now arriver! at the Trials
respecting that cause of extensive, various and pertinacious contention; ..."
8. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1879)
"The members of this board taking, under their consideration, that such use of
the popish chapel of the City of Saint Mary's, in Saint Mary's Count}-, ..."
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