Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

papistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-pis-tic
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being of or connected with the Roman Catholic faith.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"The old papistic worship."

Etymology

Etymology tree English papist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English papistic From papist + -ic.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

more papistic (comparative) most papistic (superlative) papistical (alternative)

Derived Forms

papistically

Synonyms

papistical papist roman r.c. romanist romish roman catholic popish

Questions

What does papistic mean?: Being of or connected with the Roman Catholic faith.
Where does papistic come from?: Etymology tree English papist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English papistic From papist + -ic.

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