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Popery
Popery meaning
The teachings, practices and accoutrements of the Roman Catholic Church.
Example sentences (4)
Here at last was a hope to break out of what they saw as the dark night of Popery and fight for the establishment of the kingdom of God on Earth.
Fox, however, did not perceive this, brought up as he was in a wholly Protestant environment hostile to "Popery".
The first draft of his play Sejanus was banned for " popery ", and did not re-appear until some offending passages were cut.
Thompson, N. Wellington after Waterloo, pg 95. The Earl of Winchilsea accused the Duke of "an insidious design for the infringement of our liberties and the introduction of Popery into every department of the State".