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How to pronounce papist in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms papistic, papistical, popish, r.c., roman, roman catholic, romanist, romish
Type Words
Type of roman catholic
Derivation papism, papistic, papistical

Examples of papist

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England and Wales, sniffing a dastardly papist plot, stuck with March until 1752.
From the independent.co.uk
But the papist Jordan, Archbishop of Milan, excommunicated him at San Tecla.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I was initially linking to Roman Catholic with those, but would papist be a better link?
From the en.wikipedia.org
Pepys was accused, among other things, of being a papist.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Perhaps that cross was a touch papist.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It is not so long since presidents observed an unwritten convention against having more than one papist on the court.
From the economist.com
Apparently these had been fired by some of Oliver Cromwells men as they tried to destroy what they saw as idolatrous papist symbols.
From the edp24.co.uk
They were not popular with their determinedly anti-papist neighbours, many of whom shouted abuse as the monks made their way to church.
From the edp24.co.uk
Public opinion had transformed an upstart courtier and Renaissance freethinker into a popular martyr in a patriotic, Protestant struggle against papist-inspired tyranny.
From the irishtimes.com
More examples
  • Roman: of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church"
  • An offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy
  • (papism) Romanism: the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome
  • Papist is a term, usually disparaging or an anti-Catholic slur, referring to the Catholic Church, its teaching, practices or adherents. It was coined during the English Reformation to denote a Christian whose loyalties were to the Pope, rather than to the Church of England. ...
  • Coordinates: 39u00B024u203210u2033N 47u00B004u203229u2033EuFEFF / uFEFF39.40278u00B0N 47.07472u00B0EuFEFF / 39.40278; 47.07472
  • Used by some Protestants in referring to Roman Catholics, whose loyalties are seen to be with the papacy in Rome
  • A derogatory term for a Catholic.