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anti-papal
adjective
( antipapal)uk /ˌæn.tiˈpeɪ.pəl/ us /ˌæn.t̬iˈpeɪ.pəl//ˌæn.taɪˈpeɪ.pəl/
opposed to the Pope(= the leader of the Roman Catholic Church) and to the beliefs and activities of the Roman Catholic Church:
During the reign of Elizabeth I there was a strong anti-papal stance.
They were fiercely antipapal.
The King insisted that his clergy make an anti-papal declaration.
Sympathetic to the reform cause, Holbein illustrated antipapal pamphlets and provided the title page of the first English Bible.
The writer was critical of the church hierarchy and occasionally expressed antipapal sentiments.
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