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Papistry, -ie, , n. Also: -ae; -teri, papestre. [e.m.E. papestre (1549), -istrie.]

1. Papistry; popery; the practices and beliefs of the Church of Rome. Also, once, attrib.Common f. c 1560; hostile or opprobrious.With and without the defin. article.(1) c 1559 Sc. Hist. Rev. XXI. 143.
The doune putting of all ydolatre abhominationes and papistre
1559–60 St. A. Kirk S. 13.
And all ceremonies useit in papistrie
1560 Bk. Disc. 189.
Becaus that electioun of ministeris in this cursed papistrie hes altogither bene abused
1561 St. A. Kirk S. 134 (see Papistical(l a.). 1562-3 Winȝet I. 27/34. Ib. 68/32; etc.
Johne Knox, quha commandis to abolise thir solenniteis as papistrie
1569 St. A. Kirk S. 333. a1578 Pitsc. I. 408/27. 1581 Facs. Nat. MSS. III. lxx.
We abhorre … all contrarie religion and doctrine but cheifly all kynd of papistrie
1581 Hamilton in Cath. Tr. (S.T.S.) 90/29.
The minister … thunderit … crying that to be papistrie
1599 Chron. Perth 7.
Papistrae
1603 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb).
The Romane religioun callit papisteri
1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xvii.
With the profane in their paganicall papistrie
1608 S. Leith Kirk S. 6. 1612 Prot. Bk. W. Leslie (Burgess Oath).
Renunceand the Roman religione callit papistrie
(2) 1573–4 Treas. Acc. XII. 383.
Certane buikis of papistrie
(3) 1562-3 Winȝet I. 77/3.
Escriuing … the vniforme doctrine of the martyris … to the said papistrie
1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 24.
Sum fenȝeit Protestantis that … desyris agane the papistrie
1584 Reg. Privy C. III. 686.
As gif his majestie favourit the papistrie
(4) attrib. 1587 Chron. Perth 57.
The pest of the soul whilk is papistry ignorance

b. In (the) papistrie: according to the practices or beliefs of popery; also, in the time of popery. Also c. in (the) tyme of papistrie.b. (1) 1561 St. A. Kirk S. 81.
Jhon Kipper, sumtym in papistrie called Schyr Jhon Kipper
Ib. 134.
Into ane privat and prophane hows, sa called in papistre
1564 Canongate Kirk S. (ed.) .
William Smybert, baptising his bern in papestre
1571 Ferg. Serm. iii Malachi B ii.
All the vaine theatricall toyis prescribit in papistrie to penitentis
(2) 1559 Old Dundee II. 171.
The rouping of twelve kapes [etc.] … whilk servit some time in the papistrie within the burgh … the kapes … never to serve in papistrie herefter
1597 Skene Verb. S. (1681) 62 (EDD.).
As was used in the blindnes and papistrie
1600-1610 Melvill 32.
My lord bischope was in the papistrie; my lord's bischope is now
c. 1560 Rolland Seven S. 24.
Bot this was not in time of papistrie
1564 St. A. Kirk S. 208. 1569 Reg. Privy C. I. 680. 1574 Ib. II. 390.
In tyme of ignorance and papistrie
1622-6 Bisset I. 87/10.
In the tyme of papistrie
2 Applied collectively to ecclesiastical ornaments, vestments, etc., used by Roman Catholics: Papistical objects. c 1570 Lennox Mun. 277.
The inventur of the graithe in Inchinane withe the auld rotten papistrie thairin

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