papalize

English

Etymology

From papal +‎ -ize.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To make papal; to introduce papal authority or Roman customs.
2. (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

• papalizer

References

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