"popish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpəʊpɪʃ/ [UK], /ˈpoʊpɪʃ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-popish.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more popish [comparative], most popish [superlative]
enPR: pōʹpĭsh Etymology: pope + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pope|ish}} pope + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} popish (comparative more popish, superlative most popish)
  1. (derogatory, used by early Protestants) of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-popish-en-adj--K-EkmJJ Disambiguation of Religion: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 91 9
  2. (derogatory) acting like, or holding beliefs similar to, the pope. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-popish-en-adj-OShw0PwI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Roman Catholic § Synonyms Derived forms: popishly, popishness Related terms: pope, popess, Orangey, Prod, Proddy

Alternative forms

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