popery

English Thesaurus

1. offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.act)

hypernym	:	pattern, practice,
definition	:	a customary way of operation or behavior (noun.act)

derivation	:	papist,
definition	:	an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy (noun.person)

derivation	:	papist,
definition	:	an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy (noun.person)