🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Papismus

Pronunciation / Transliteration: papɪsmʊs

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Papism/ˈpeɪ.pɪ.zəm/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Papismus wurde von vielen Reformatoren abgelehnt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The doctrine or practices associated with the authority of the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church.

    "Many Protestant reformers rejected papism as a form of ecclesiastical tyranny."
  2. 2

    A derogatory term for the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.

    "The pamphlet criticized papism, arguing for a return to simpler, more direct forms of worship."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Medieval Latin 'pappa' (meaning pope), combined with the English suffix '-ism' denoting a system, doctrine, or practice. It emerged in the 16th century during the English Reformation as a polemical term used by Protestants to describe the religious system, doctrines, and authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

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