Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To or toward popery; as regards popery: used in opprobrium: as, to be popishly inclined.

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  • adverb In a popish way.

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  • adverb like the Pope; in a popish manner

Etymologies

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popish +‎ -ly

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