papistry

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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 Sastrow, Bartholomew

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

All this pleased the papistry of the Stuarts.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

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 Whibley, Charles

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 Defoe, Daniel