popeling

English

Alternative forms
  • Popeling

Etymology

From pope +‎ -ling.

Noun

popeling (plural popelings)

  1. A petty or deputy pope.
  2. An adherent of the pope.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for popeling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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