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popishly, adv.|ˈpəʊpɪʃlɪ| [f. popish a. + -ly2.] In a popish way; in the direction of or in accordance with popish doctrine, practice, or ideas.
1538Latimer Let. to Cromwell Rem. (Parker Soc.) 403 Their school,..maintained..by a brotherhood,..not without some guile, popishly pardoning, and therefore now worthily decried. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 535 He affirmes that the conuerts of these parts are more popishly Christian, then in the midst of Rome or Spaine. 1678Wood Life 1 Dec. (O.H.S.) II. 424 All such..that are suspected to be popishly addicted. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. ii. vii. 69 In Popishly affected, or Popishly suspected Reigns. 1896Protestant Echo XVII. 126/1 This popishly styled ‘Prince of the Apostles’. |