papistry
Example Sentences
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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
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
I went out to see the burning at Paul's, and though I knew it was proper that the old papistry should go, yet I was uneasy at the way it was done.
From By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson
The suspicion of papistry followed him; and orders were given for his arrest.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
