Popish vs Papacy - What's the difference?
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(derogatory) of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism
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(derogatory) acting like, or holding beliefs similar to, the pope.
The office of the pope.
The period of a particular pope's reign.
Popish is a related term of papacy.
As a adjective popish
is (derogatory) of or pertaining to roman catholicism.As a noun papacy is
the office of the pope.popish
English
Adjective
(head)- I do, therefore, much blame the petulcity of whatsoever author, that should dare to impute a Popish affection to him
Synonyms
* Catholic (neutral ) * papal (neutral ) * papist (derogatory ) * Roman Catholic (neutral ) * Romish (derogatory )Anagrams
*papacy
English
Noun
(papacies)- The papacy represents the head of the Catholic Church.
- The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.