popelyadj.

1558 Speciall Grace after Banket at Yorke sig. Ciii^v Their popely Iniunctions, their homly Homelies, who can not..be merueilously amased to consider, with what impudencie and tyrannie, thei thrust forward.

c1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 413 His prelacie pomp nor paiplie [1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo 577 papale] gravitie..Availled him nocht.

1632 W. Struther Looking Glasse for Princes & People xxvi. 135 Hee sware solemnedlie in publicke, that if hee were made Pope, hee would lay downe the Popelie power.

1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism v. 595 Theres very few of them but they are Papalis Ambitionis homines of Popely aspiring minds, seeking superiority, gaping after glory (of this world, not that to come).

1701 J. Hooke Necessary Apol. for Baptized Believers 103 Such Men are commonly (as one calls them) Papalis Ambitiones homines, Popely, Ambitious Men.

1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 308 Taking upon himself what may be called the Popely privilege of selling indulgences.

1877 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 416/2 Accordingly they were better, or at least more popely Popes.

1996 Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram (Nexis) 26 Dec. (Life & Arts section) 1 Gift turns out to be a popely soapbox for JP2's [= John Paul II's]..conservative stance on major issues.