papist

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papist - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Papist \Pa"pist\, n. [F. papiste. See Pape, Pope.]
     A Roman Catholic; one who adheres to the Church of Rome and
     the authority of the pope; -- an offensive designation
     applied to Roman Catholics by their opponents.
     [1913 Webster] Papistic

papist - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  papist
      adj 1: of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman
             Catholic Church" [syn: Roman, R.C., Romanist,
             romish, Roman Catholic, popish, papist,
             papistic, papistical]
      n 1: an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman
           Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy