papish

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1. IrelandScotlandderogatoryRoman Catholic.

   Synonyms: popish, Romish

plural papishes

1. IrelandScotlandderogatoryA Roman Catholic.

   ‘But how can he have any right to make us papishes?’ says the landlord.

   1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 442

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   King William on a white horse crossing the Boyne is still their beau ideal and to shout 'To Hell With the Pope' and to stone the 'bloody papishes' is still the chief duty of a 'loyal' Belfast citizen.

   1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels, page 31