Papist

I hope American Papist is a service to the Church, and specifically to Catholics in America.

Weblogs 2009

The name Papist, or Roman Catholic, became synonymous with assassin.

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 Various 1840

"Overlook the word Papist, Mr. Reilly, that I applied to that old idolater -- the fellow worships images; of course you know, as a Papist, he does -- ahem!

Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831

I may as well be called a Papist, or Mahometan; Pagan or

Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Rufus Matthew Jones 1905

At the funeral of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey, says North, in his Examen, 'the crowd was prodigious, both at the procession, and in and about the church, and so heated, that any thing called Papist, were it

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 Various 1840

But I never had a hankerin 'after a rebel and a Papist, which is far worser; and I now tell you you're no gentleman, you nasty old Hirish squire.

Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831

The Treasurer had been succeeded by a board, of which a Papist was the head.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

"Papist," but as far as I can tell, Pise is wrong: "Romanist" appears to be a familiar term of opprobrium in English polemic by the late seventeenth century.

Religion 2009

The author, writing about six years after Pise, clearly agrees with him that "Papist" came first, but he doesn't explain when Romanist appeared.

Religion 2009

That's not to say, however, that "Papist" and "Romanist" don't go through cycles of popularity.

Religion 2009