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Definition of Popeling
1. n. A petty or deputy pope.
Definition of Popeling
1. Noun. A petty or deputy pope. ¹
2. Noun. An adherent of the pope. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Popeling
1. a little pope [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Popeling
Literary usage of Popeling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1857)
"... gave him the rectory of popeling, Popering, or Pepling, in the marches of
Calais, appointed him his library-keeper, and, by a commission dated 1533, ..."
2. A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and (1784)
"... king Henry VIII. made him one of his chaplains, gave him the rectory of popeling
in the ... upon his living at popeling, ..."
3. A New and General Biographical Dictionary;: Containing an Historical and (1762)
"... gave him the re<£tory of popeling in the marches of- Calais, appointed him
his library-keeper, and dignified him with the title of his antiquary. ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"He became chaplain to Henry VIII., who gave him the rectory of popeling in the
marches of Calais, and in 1533 dignified him with the title of his antiquary. ..."
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