What does papish mean?
Papish means (now Scotland, Ireland, chiefly derogatory) Roman Catholic..
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/ˈpeɪpɪʃ/ · adjective
(now Scotland, Ireland, chiefly derogatory) Roman Catholic..
‘But how can he have any right to make us papishes?’ says the landlord.
King William on a white horse crossing the Boyne is still their beau ideal and to shout 'To Hell With the Pope' and to stone the 'bloody papishes' is still the chief duty of a 'loyal' Belfast citizen.
Use papish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Papish means (now Scotland, Ireland, chiefly derogatory) Roman Catholic..
Common synonyms include popish, Romish.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
‘But how can he have any right to make us papishes?’ says the landlord.
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