Popish
21popish — /ˈpoʊpɪʃ/ (say pohpish) adjective (usually derogatory) of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church –popishly, adverb –popishness, noun …
22popish — adj. derog. Roman Catholic. Derivatives: popishly adv …
23Popish Plot — an imaginary conspiracy against the crown of Great Britain on the part of English Roman Catholics, fabricated in 1678 by Titus Oates as a means of gaining power. * * * (1678) In English history, a fictitious but widely believed rumour that… …
24POPISH PLOT — an imaginary plot devised by TITUS OATES (q.v. OATES, TITUS) on the part of the Roman Catholics in Charles II. s reign; in the alleged connection a number of innocent people lost their lives …
25Popish Plot — /ˈpoʊpɪʃ plɒt/ (say pohpish plot) noun a plot by Roman Catholics to murder King Charles II and his ministers and establish Roman Catholicism in England, which Titus Oates claimed to have discovered in 1678 …
26Popish Plot — an imaginary conspiracy against the crown of Great Britain on the part of English Roman Catholics, fabricated in 1678 by Titus Oates as a means of gaining power …
27A View of Popish Abuses yet remaining in the English Church — A View of Popish Abuses was written by John Field in 1572, criticising the church services, priests and clergy of Elizabethan England, particularly the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.A Puritan clergyman, Field desired to change the Act of… …
28(the) Popish Plot — the Popish Plot [the Popish Plot] ; Oates …
29hippos — popish …
30Popishly — Popish Pop ish, a. Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; often used opprobriously. {Pop ish*ly}, adv. {Pop ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
