popery

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With so many important battles to be fought, does white magic still have a place in the world and is it even comparable to the witchery popery of 400 years ago?

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2019

A fear of popery might have appealed to some Tories.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2016

And while Pope Francis may be the first actual pope to appear in a film, he'll be following a long and varied tradition of on-screen popery.

From The Verge • Feb. 2, 2016

But if we substitute the term arbitrary power for popery, no Briton will join in the abuse Burnet has received on this account.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

Papacy, pā′pa-si, n. the office of the Pope: the authority of the Pope: popery: the Popes, as a body.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various