papist

Other forms of papist

plural

papists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about papist

What does papist mean?

papist means "an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in papist?

papist has 2 syllables: pa-pist. The stress falls on "pa".

What is another word for papist?

Close synonyms include Roman, R.C., Romanist, romish, Roman Catholic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is papist a common word?

papist is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.