Usually means: Adherent of the Roman Catholic.
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  1. papist: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. papist: Merriam-Webster
  3. papist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. papist: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. papist: Collins English Dictionary
  6. papist: Vocabulary.com
  7. Papist, papist: Wordnik
  8. papist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Papist, papist: Wiktionary
  10. papist: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. papist: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Papist, papist: Dictionary.com
  13. papist: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Papist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Papist: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. papist: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. papist: Rhymezone
  18. Papist: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. papist: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. papist: FreeDictionary.org
  21. papist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. papist: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. papist: Encyclopedia

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  1. Papist: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (religious slur, Christianity) A Roman Catholic, especially one whose loyalties are seen to be with the papacy in Rome.
▸ adjective:  (religious slur, Christianity) Roman Catholic.
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of papist [(religious slur, Christianity) A Roman Catholic, especially one whose loyalties are seen to be with the papacy in Rome.]

Similar:
papistical, papistic, popish, Romanist, Roman Catholic, Romish, roman, papisher, papism, papistry, more...

Opposite:
protestant, non-Catholic, non-RomCatholic

Adjectives:
zealous, irish, anti, bigoted, professed, concealed, good, avowed, poor, more, rigid
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Similar:
papistical, papistic, popish, Romanist, Roman Catholic, Romish, roman, papisher, papism, papistry, more...

Opposite:
protestant, non-Catholic, non-RomCatholic

Adjectives:
zealous, irish, anti, bigoted, professed, concealed, good, avowed, poor, more, rigid



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