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popishness Now rare.|ˈpəʊpɪʃnɪs|
[f. popish + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being popish; popish doctrine or practice; popery.
1530Tindale Answ. More i. ii. Wks. (1572) 280/2 To wishe them in better case,..is fleshly mynded popishnes. 1538Bale Thre Lawes 1966 The olde popyshnesse is past whych was dampnacyon. 1657J. Watts Vind. Ch. Eng. 232 As there is no popishnesse, so, I do not see what superstitiousnesse there can be in it. |