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- noun The state or condition of being
popish .
Etymologies
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popish + -ness
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Examples
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When he was gone, after the murder, we had expected something as bad if not worse, but miraculously we got the Reverend Henry Ivey, a gentle and studious septuagenarian, and such a traditionalist in liturgical matters that some of the villagers muttered about “popishness.”
Slaying is Such Sweet Sorrow Patricia Harwin 2005
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If there is a bigot here its moderate. he immediately classifies people on their perceived popishness.
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