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papalist en · ADJ

Etymology

From papal + -ist.

Meanings

1. (historical) Supporting papal authority; supporting papalism or hierocracy.
   • The Summa de potestate ecclesiastica of Augustinus was reprinted in 1582 and again during each of the next three years, and it became a standard repository of papalist arguments. The pope, Augustinus had argued, has immediate power of jurisdiction over temporal as well as spiritual things […] 1968, William J. Bouwsma, Venice and the Defense of Republican Liberty: Renaissance Values in the Age of Counter Reformation, page 312:

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most papalist	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more papalist	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

papalist en · NOUN

Etymology

From papal + -ist.

Meanings

1. (historical) A supporter of papal authority; (Middle Ages) a hierocrat.
2. (derogatory, rare) A papist (Roman Catholic).

Forms

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papalists	Number=Plur		lexicographic