Read full poem →gain, drove his sheep into a far country. The abuses whereof, and loose
living of Popish prelates, by occasion of Hobbinol's demand, he
discourseth at large.
Dictionary Entry
(used by early Protestants) of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism
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Poetry examples for “popish”
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Read full poem →1678, Peace of Nymwegen.
Popish plot.
1679, Habeas Corpus Act. Dissolution
Read full poem →From York to London town we come,
To talk of Popish ire,
To reconcile you all to Rome,
Read full poem →See yonder stands Queen Bess;
Who sav'd our souls from Popish thrall:
O Queen Bess, Queen Bess, Queen Bess!
Read full poem →third earl of Roscommon, had been converted by Usher to the protestant
religion[71]; and when the popish rebellion broke out, Strafford,
thinking the family in great danger from the fury of the Irish, sent for
Read full poem →We'll purge it ilka room,
Frae popish reliques, and a' sic innovation,
That a' the warld may see,