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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome;
[syn: Romanism, Roman Catholicism, papism]

2. offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church;
[syn: popery, papism]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Papism \Pa"pism\, n. [F. papisme. See Pape, Pope.]
   Popery; -- an offensive term. --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

papism
    n 1: the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in
         Rome [syn: Romanism, Roman Catholicism, papism]
    2: offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman
       Catholic Church [syn: popery, papism]