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pa•pis•ti•cal  (pā pisti kəl, pə-),USA pronunciation adj. [Usually Disparaging.]
  1. Slang Termsof or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.
Also, pa•pistic. 
  • Middle French papistique (see papist, -ic) + -al1
  • probably 1530–40
pa•pisti•cal•ly, adv. 


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