n. & adj. often derog.
--n.
1. a Roman Catholic.
2 hist. an advocate of papal supremacy.
--adj. of or relating to Roman Catholics.
Derivatives:
papistic adj. papistical adj. papistry n.
Etymology: F papiste or mod.L papista f. eccl.L papa POPE(1)
n. & adj. often derog.
--n.
1. a Roman Catholic.
2 hist. an advocate of papal supremacy.
--adj. of or relating to Roman Catholics.
Derivatives:
papistic adj. papistical adj. papistry n.
Etymology: F papiste or mod.L papista f. eccl.L papa POPE(1)
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012