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English
Etymology
From alteration of papist.
Pronunciation
Adjective
papish (comparative more papish, superlative most papish)
- (now Scotland, Ireland, chiefly derogatory) Roman Catholic.
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Noun
papish (plural papishes)
- (now Scotland, Ireland, chiefly derogatory) A Roman Catholic.
1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 442:‘But how can he have any right to make us papishes?’ says the landlord.
1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels, page 31:King William on a white horse crossing the Boyne is still their beau ideal and to shout 'To Hell With the Pope' and to stone the 'bloody papishes' is still the chief duty of a 'loyal' Belfast citizen.
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