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单词 popekin
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popekinn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pope n.1, -kin suffix.
Etymology: < pope n.1 + -kin suffix. Compare earlier popeling n., popet n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pōu·pkin) /ˈpəʊpkɪn/.
derogatory. Obsolete.
A dismissive form of address to a pope; (also) a person who acts like a pope on a small scale.
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1836 tr. Voltaire in tr. F. R. de Chateaubriand Sketches Eng. Lit. I. 183 The manner in which Luther treated all his adversaries, and the pope in particular: ‘Petty popekin, you are an ass.’
1860 J. H. A. Bomberger et al. Herzog's Protestant Theol. & Eccles. Encycl. II. 158/1 L[uther] published a rejoinder, declaring that he ‘feared neither the Pope not the name of the Pope, neither popekins nor puppets’.
1877 H. P. Blavatsky Isis Unveiled (ed. 2) II. x. 479 Many zealous and earnest souls have revolted at the monstrous dogma of John Calvin, the popekin of Geneva, that sin is the necessary cause of the greatest good.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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