papalize

English edit

Etymology edit

Verb edit

papalize (third-person singular simple present papalizes, present participle papalizing, simple past and past participle papalized)

(transitive) To make papal; to introduce papal authority or Roman customs.
(intransitive, archaic) To conform to popery.
- 1783 April 20, William Cowper, letter to Rev. John Newton
  papalizing is the crime with which he charges all of that denomination

Derived terms edit

papalizer

References edit

“papalize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.