popelikeadj.adv.

1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) 215 Their forefathers and Popelike predecessours.

1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epitome (1843) 53 As popelike and pontificall, as my Lord of Canterburie.

1613 S. Purchas Descr. India in Pilgrimage (1864) 150 The Brama, or Popelike Bramene in these parts, who by his authority dispenseth with many of their Lawes, and dissolueth Marriages.

1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism 560 Your Popelike practises and unministerly management of your selves in all other particulars, doth proclaim you plainly to be no true Ministers of Christs Gospel.

1701 F. Bugg Seasonable Caveat against Prevalency of Quakerism 21 He wrote a little Paper..devolving this his Universal Supremacy, and Pope-like Authority, upon their Second-Days Meeting.

1754 Addr. Free Electors Province of Ulster 12 Mr. Speaker, the Speech seem'd to me to be a Pope-like Speech.

1808 T. Moore Corruption & Intolerance 10 Nor..Could pope-like Kings escape the levelling blow.

1860 S. Hopkins Puritans ii. 62 He signified that the queen was infringing upon his office, and questioned the Pope-like authority and tone which her Majesty had come to assume.

1959 Times 29 June 10/6 The anti-Gaullists have used it as an occasion to poke fun at General de Gaulle's sense of his own somewhat Pope-like sublimity.

2002 Washington Times (Nexis) 11 May a2 It would give Patriarch Bartholomew popelike powers to intervene through his bishops, called metropolitans, much as Rome intervenes through cardinals.

1572 J. Field & T. Wilcox Admon. to Parl. To Rdrs. Vngratiously, cruelly and Popelike they take vpon them to beate them.

1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury Pref. sig. Cviij^v From Scotland he takes shipping, and popelike steppes over into Ireland.

1640 W. Vaughan Church Militant 120 An old Hermite..Who Pope-like set disdain'd to rise and greet Sev'n Christian Bishops.

1662 T. Shipman Carolina (1683) 83 My boasting shall not her deceive; For Poets, Pope-like, Kingdoms give; Nay more, can make the dead to live.

1701 Disc. Species, Order & Govt. Christian Churches x. 81 The first Protestant Arch-Bishop, Matthew Parker, was only made by the Supreme Authority of Queen Elizabeth; a Woman, who Pope-like..gave her Commission to certain Persons to Consecrate him.

1777 I. Backus Hist. New-Eng. I. vi. 392 Now must we force our interpretation, upon others Pope-like!

1870 Phrenol. Jrnl. Aug. 114/1 At the early age of seven, Pope-like, he ‘lisped in numbers’, or, as we are told, ‘began to write verses’.

1997 Irish Times (Nexis) 9 June (Election Supplement) 9 He emerged Popelike at the window of the hotel, where the celebrations were in full swing, to promise to work until he dropped for the people of South Kerry.