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Padroadist|pɑːdrəʊˈɑːdɪst| [f. Pg. padroado patronage + -ist.] A Roman Catholic who favours or suports the padroado or ecclesiastical patronage claimed by the King of Portugal in India.
1890Tablet 10 May 739 Padroadists and Propagandists are regarded as two distinct sects. [1896Ibid. 15 Feb. 258 At present the ‘Padroado’ is a veritable incubus on the Catholic Church in India.] |