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Noun: papistry  pey-pis-tree
  1. Offensive term for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church
    "The anti-Catholic protesters used the term 'papistry' in their slogans";
    - popery, papism

Derived forms: papistries

Type of: pattern, practice

Encyclopedia: Papistry