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Papist
Papist [fr. papa, Lat., a pope], one who, adhering to the communion of the Church of Rome, maintains the
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Papist
A Roman Catholic one who adheres to the Church of Rome and the authority of the pope an offensive designation applied to Roman Catholics by their opponents
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Papalist
A papist
Popery
Popery. See PAPISTS.
Protestant
this Protestant kingdom to be governed by a popish prince or by any king or queen marrying a papist,' debars such from succession to the Crown, and entails the succession on such person or persons being Protestants
Roman Catholics
Very severe laws, commonly called the penal laws, were passed against Roman Catholics, generally under the name of Papists (see that title), after the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with
Bill of Rights
reconciled to or holding communion with the See of Rome or professing the popish religion or marrying a papist, and enacts that every sovereign shall on the first day of the meeting of his first Parliament or
Toleration Act
18), confirmed by 10 Anne, c. 2, by which all persons dissenting from the Church of England (except Papists and persons denying the Trinity) were relieved from such of the Acts against Nonconformists as prevented their assembling
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