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Synonyms for popery

Grammar : Noun
Spell : poh-puh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpoʊ pə ri

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Définition of popery

Origin :
  • 1530s, a hostile coinage of the Reformation, from pope + -ery.
  • As in Roman Catholicism : noun religion of catholic church
  • As in pope : noun head of catholic church
Example sentences :
  • And chalk "No Popery" on your door to-morrow night, and for a week to come—that's all.'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • "The religion that's going among the Primitives these days is just Popery," said Csar.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • "Popery, sir, clane Popery," he whispered across Grannie to Philip.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Popery is the vampire that is sucking the life-blood of the country.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • We know what happens in every country where Popery gets the mastery.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • We hear nothing in England but the old songs about popery, and superstition, and all that.
  • Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
  • The arts owe much to Popery, and Popery owes much of its universality to the arts.
  • Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies
  • While Daniel beheld the little horn, (popery) he said, among other things, he would think to change times and laws.
  • Extract from : « The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign, from the Beginning to the Entering into the Gates of the Holy City, According to the Commandment » by Joseph Bates
  • These ordinances were practically a signal for the death of popery.
  • Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson
  • The business was stated to be the suppression of Popery and the healing of the jars of the Church.
  • Extract from : « Andrew Melville » by William Morison
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