Definition of Popelike

1. Adjective. Resembling a pope or some aspect of one. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Popelike

1. pope [adj] - See also: pope

Lexicographical Neighbors of Popelike

popcorn movie
popcorning
popcornlike
popcorns
popcorny
popcraft
pope's living room
pope's nose
pope hat
popedom
popedoms
popehead
popehood
popehoods
popeless
popelike (current term)
popeling
popelings
popera
poperas
poperatic
poperetta
poperettas
poperies
poperin
poperins
popery
popes
popeship
popeships

Literary usage of Popelike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1882)
"... with this kingly or rather popelike catastrophy: "Why then (quoth he) we will make him a minister, and then you shall see he will please you": and ..."

2. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII to the by Henry Hallam (1827)
"And sure , Mr. Speaker, the speech seemed to me to be a popelike speech , and I fear least our bishops do attribute this of the pope's canons unto ..."

3. Handbook to the Controversy with Rome by Karl von Hase (1906)
"Everywhere that Pope and Council are at variance, or where an heretical Pope, or one merely acting in an un-popelike manner ..."

4. The Works of John Jewel by John Jewel, John Ayre (1850)
"... "The pope was too popelike in«.Quast.4. this dispensation. ... j. ,. a Menna. Addition, f^" M. Harding. " But what if we cannot find in the pope's ..."

5. The History of Protestant Nonconformity in England from the Reformation by Thomas Price (1836)
"For they whose authority is forbidden by Christ, will have their stroke without their fellow-servants; yea, though ungraciously, cruelly, and popelike, ..."

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