† mass-mongern.
Obsolete (archaic in later use).
A Roman Catholic; spec. a Roman Catholic priest.Common in the 16–17th centuries as a Protestant term of contempt.
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Romanist1534
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Pope catholicc1554
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Azymite1728
papalist1752
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catholicist1812
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Romanite1839
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mickey1851
redneck1852
mackerel-snatcher1855
Latin1867
Romanensian1885
Roman candle1897
Mick1902
Mick Dooley1905
Mickey Doo1905
left-footer1911
Pape1927
right-footer1929
Doolan1940
tyke1941
Tim1958
mackerel-snapper1960
Teague1971
Mickey Doolan1972
1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. xxvij Callynge both hym & hys masmongers..fleshe makers.
1588 J. Penry Def. Ignorant Ministerie 19 The heathen masse-mongers remaining in Cuba, Hispaniola, Mexico, or any other the Eastern partes.
a1649 W. Drummond Skiamachia in Wks. (1711) 199 Ye are Mass-mongers, Adorers of Angels, [etc.].
1689 in H. E. Rollins Pepys Ballads (1930) IV. 235 [And] God bless great William that turned the tide [H]e kickt these old Mass-mongers quite out of door.
1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 211 This scheme for bringing custom to the mass-mongers at Tunnacester.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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