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popeling|ˈpəʊplɪŋ|
[f. pope n.1 + -ling1 1, 2. Perh. sometimes associated with F. papalin, It. papalino: cf. Papalin.]
†1. An adherent, follower, or minister of the pope; a papist; in 16th c. mostly, a popish ecclesiastic. Obs.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 93 b, I can see that the old Popelynges haue all to berayde vs. 1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 284/1 The sentence of the pope and his popelings. 1606Warner Alb. Eng. xiv. lxxxi. (1612) 340 Nor meruell we that Popelings her nor Puritanes should brook. 1643Prynne Popish R. Favourite 73 Our English Nation too, now devoted as a prey to the barbarous Irish, and other forraigne Popelings. 1677W. Hughes Man of Sin i. vii. 31 Whatever wild Discourses, or Behaviours, Popes and Popelins have been guilty of. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. i. 8 How can the Pope and all his Popelings, and General Councils..be infallible in their Faith?
2. A little or petty pope; one who acts as pope on a small scale. (contemptuous.)
1588Marprel. Epist. (Arb.) 6 None but Antichristian popes and popelings euer claimed this authoritie vnto themselues. c1629Layton Syons Plea (ed. 2) 23 The Prelats..derive their Authority from the Pope; carry themselves as Popelings. 1654Gataker Disc. Apol. 75 Having given a Bill of divorce to one Pope, beyond the Seas, enstal and enthrone a goodlie number of Popelings..at home. 1799W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. VII. 139 Still the pope bears sway; And would-be popelings, arm'd with Birmingham keys, Yet rouse us from the dead repose we seek. 1880E. Herries Mem. J. C. Herries II. 284 An anti-Protestant Church,..over which, and over a prostrate laity, a legion of parochial popelings should reign supreme. |