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He rarely received so sincere a gift, and it was so strange to get it here in Beijing from what some of his American colleagues called papists, and, an Italian one at that.

The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

That is called extreme unction, by the papists, which is bestowed on none except on those who are in their last moments; but it has then not the least power or virtue; nor was it ever instituted by Christ to signify the premise of spiritual grace.

The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956

The opinions of the papists are the intellectual pipe-dreams of idle pates, that serve no other purpose but to draw men away from the true worship of God.

A Commentary on St. Paul���s Epistle to the Galatians 1483-1546 1939

At great newspapers and distinguished universities that once shunned "papists," Catholics hold positions of power.

Catholic Revival 2007

For almost two years the Presbyterian Parliament negotiated for the restoration of the king and at last would have made peace with the royalists, had not the army, which still remembered Charles's schemes to bring Irish and foreign "papists" to fight Englishmen, now taken a hand in affairs.

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

English statute of 11 and 12 William III, prohibiting "papists" from inheriting or purchasing lands, a Roman Catholic widow was not held to be debarred of dower, for dower accruing by operation of law was deemed to be not within the prohibitions of the statute.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Liberty of conscience was accorded to all but "papists," who were certainly hardly used in these times.

The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Julian Hawthorne 1890

"papists," but most of all to prevent a recurrence of civil war.

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

a fertile soil where they would find neither Irish "papists" nor Church of England; and for this reason in America they always sought the frontier where they could be by themselves.

The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware Sydney George Fisher 1891

The forces opposed to the Constitution argued that it would lead to papists, jews and pagans obtaining office.

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