papistry
Example Sentences
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At the early period of the Reformation, Dr. Smith of Oxford abjured papistry, with the hope of retaining his professorship, but it was given to Peter Martyr.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
Wessel is the author of a curious piece of writing on divine worship at Stralsund at the period of papistry.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow
In 1638 the National Covenant against "papistry" was signed by all classes in Scotland.
From Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. by Daniel Defoe
All this pleased the papistry of the Stuarts.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
He made it plain that he was engaged in a war against papistry, and he asked George White-field, then in America, for a motto.
From American Sketches 1908 by Charles Whibley
