CATHOLIC
ADJECTIVES
► CATACATHOLIC Catholic → 1608 obs.
► MASS-MONGING Roman Catholic → 1607 arch., contemptuous usage
► MICK Roman Catholic → 1920 Aust. & US sl.
► PAPAGAN Roman Catholic → 1647 obs.
► PAPICOLAR Roman Catholic → 1810
► PAPISTIC Roman Catholic; adhering to the pope → 1545 usually hostile or opprobrious
► PAPISTICAL Roman Catholic; adhering to the pope → 1537 usually hostile or opprobrious
► PONTIFICIAN supporting the Pope or the papacy; Roman Catholic → 1612 obs.
► RIGHT-FOOT Roman Catholic → 1960 Amer. dial., derogatory
► RIGHT-HANDED Roman Catholic → 1935 Amer. dial., derogatory
► ROMANICAL Roman Catholic → 1663 obs.
NOUNS
► AQUARIUM a Roman Catholic rectory, priest’ house, or chaplain’s quarters → 1975 US Army & students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BAGGAGE applied after the Reformation to the rites and accessories of Roman Catholic worship → 1549 obs., contemptuous usage
► DULIA inferior veneration paid by Roman Catholics to saints and angels → 1617
► LADY OF BABYLON the Roman Catholic Church; the Pope → 1605 derogatory
► LADY OF ROME the Roman Catholic Church → 1574 derogatory
► MASS-CLOSET ► MASSING CLOSET a Roman Catholic chapel → 1656 obs.
► MASS-HOUSE a Roman Catholic place of worship → 1644 obs.
► PAPISTRY the Roman Catholic religion or faith; popery → 1500
► SCARLET LADY OF BABYLON the Roman Catholic Church; the Pope → 1605 derogatory
► SCARLET WHORE the Catholic Church → 1689 US
► THE CHURCH OF ROME the Roman Catholic Church → 1300
NOUNS, PERSON
► ACATHOLIC a non-Catholic, esp. a non-Catholic inhabitant of a Catholic state → 1745
► BABYLONIAN a Roman Catholic → 1603 obs., derogatory
► BEAD-JIGGLER a Roman Catholic, esp. a priest → 1968 US sl.
► BEAD MUMBLER a Roman Catholic, esp. a priest → 1966 sl.
► BEAD-PULLER a Roman Catholic → 1964 Amer. dial.
► BEAD-TWIRLER a Roman Catholic → 1998 UK sl., derogatory
► BENDER a Catholic → 2003 NZ sl.
► BLACK GOWN a Roman Catholic priest → 1847 American Indian usage
► CACOLEEK a Catholic; a term of reproach → 1626 obs., derogatory
► CACOLIKE a Catholic; a term of reproach → 1582 obs., derogatory
► CAFETERIA CATHOLIC a Roman Catholic who observes church prescriptions and prohibitions at his or her own discretion → 1980 Amer. sl.
► CARTHOLIC a Catholic → 1582 obs., derisive usage
► CASTLE CATHOLICS Irish Catholics who rejected nationalism, preferring to curry favour with and ape the lifestyle of the ruling British → E19 sl.
► CAT LICK a Catholic → 1960 Amer. dial., often derogatory
► CAT-LICKER a Catholic → 1965 Amer. dial., often derogatory
► CATTLE DOG a Catholic school student → 1998 NZ sl.
► CHEST-POUNDER a Roman Catholic → 1930 Amer. dial.
► CRAW-THUMPER a person who beats his breast at confession; a Roman Catholic devotee → 1786 sl.
► CROSS-BACK a Roman Catholic → 1964 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
► CROSSER a Roman Catholic → 1966 Amer. dial.
► DAN a Roman Catholic → 1988 Sc. sl.
► DOGAN ► DUGAN a Roman Catholic; an Irish Catholic → 1854 sl., disparaging usage
► DOOLAN ► DOOLIN a Catholic, usually an Irish Catholic → 1930 NZ sl.
► DOOLIE a Catholic, usually an Irish Catholic → 1930 NZ sl.
► FISH-EATER a Roman Catholic → E20 US sl., derogatory
► GALWAY a Catholic priest → L19 US sl.
► GREASLING a Roman Catholic priest → 1583 contemptuous usage
► GUPPY-GOBBLER a Catholic → 1964 US jocular usage
► JUMPER a convert from Roman Catholicism to Protestantism → 1906 Irish English
► KAFFLIK a Catholic → 1998 Sc. sl.
► LEFT-FOOTER a Roman Catholic → 1911 sl., derogatory
► LEFT-WINGER a Roman Catholic → 1969 Amer. dial.
► MACKEREL a Roman Catholic → 1948 Amer. sl., contemptuous
► MACKEREL-EATER a Roman Catholic → M19 sl., orig. US
► MACKEREL-GOBBLER a Roman Catholic → M19 sl., orig. US
► MACKEREL-SMACKER a Roman Catholic → M19 sl., orig. US
► MACKEREL-SNAPPER a Roman Catholic → 1855 Amer. sl., contemptuous
► MACKEREL-SNATCHER a Roman Catholic → 1855 Aust. & US sl.
► MARY a homosexual man who is a Catholic → 2002 Brit. sl.
► MASS-MAN a Roman Catholic → 1889 Ireland
► MASS-MONGER a Roman Catholic → 1550 arch., contemptuous usage
► MICK ► MICKEY ► MICKIE ► MICKY a Roman Catholic → 1924 Aust. & US sl.
► MICK DOOLAN a Roman Catholic; an Irish immigrant → 20C NZ sl.
► MICKEY DO ► MICKEY DOO a Roman Catholic; an Irish immigrant → 20C NZ sl.
► MICKEY DOOLAN ► MICKEY DOOLIN ► MICKY DOOLAN a Roman Catholic; an Irish immigrant → 20C NZ sl.
► MICKEY DOOLEY ► MICKEY DOOLIE a Roman Catholic; an Irish immigrant → 20C NZ sl.
► MINNOW-MUNCHER a Roman Catholic → 1966 Amer. jocular or derisive usage
► MUMBLE-MATINS a Roman Catholic priest → 1560 obs.
► PADDY a Roman Catholic → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PADROADIST a Roman Catholic who favours or supports the padroado or ecclesiastical patronage claimed by the King of Portugal in India → 1890
► PAPAGAN a Papist → 1641 obs.
► PAPAGEE a Papist; a member of the Roman Catholic Church → 1767 Sc.
► PAPAL a Papist → 1611 obs.
► PAPALIN a Papist; a member of the papal party or papal church; an adherent of the pope → 1624 obs.
► PAPALINA a female papist → 1671 obs.
► PAPANE a Papist → 1581 obs.
► PAPE a Roman Catholic → 1935 Sc. & Ulster sl., derogatory
► PAPICOLIST a Papist; a worshipper of the pope → 1633 obs.
► PAPINGO a Papist; a member of the Roman Catholic Church → 1767 Sc.
► PAPISH a Papist; a Roman Catholic → 1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PAPISHER a member of the Roman Catholic Church; a Roman Catholic → 1823 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PAPIST a member of the Roman Catholic Church; a Roman Catholic → 1534 usually hostile or opprobrious
► PAPISTIC a member of the Roman Catholic Church; a Roman Catholic → 1589
► PAPISTICAL a Roman Catholic → 1823 Sc. obs.
► PONTIFICAL a supporter of the Pope or the papacy; a Roman Catholic → 1832
► RED-LETTER MAN a Roman Catholic → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RED-NECK a Roman Catholic → 1873 Eng. dial.
► RIGHT-FOOT a Roman Catholic → 1960 Amer. dial., derogatory
► RIGHT-HANDER a Roman Catholic → 1960 Amer. dial., derogatory
► ROCK CHOPPER a Roman Catholic → 20C Aust. sl.
► ROMAN CANDLE a Roman Catholic → 1941 jocular usage
► ROMULIST a Roman Catholic → 1620 obs.
► SALMON-SNATCHER a Catholic → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SCARLET LADY OF BABYLON the Pope → 1605 derogatory
► TAD an Irish Catholic → 1904 US sl.
► TAGUE ► TEAGUE ► TEG ► TEIG a Roman Catholic, esp. as used by Protestants in Northern Ireland → 1640
► TAIG a Roman Catholic → 1971 Anglo-Irish sl., derogatory
► TIKE ► TYKE a Roman Catholic → 1902 Aust. & NZ sl., derogatory
► TIM a nickname for a Roman Catholic → 1958 Sc. sl., Protestants’ usage
► TURK a Catholic; a person of Irish descent → 1914 Amer. dial.
► TURKEY a Catholic; a person of Irish descent → 1911 Amer. dial.
► UNCATHOLIC a person who is not a Catholic → 1865
► WATER TURKEY a Catholic; a nickname for an Irishman who has crossed the ocean; a person of Irish descent → 1964 Amer. sl., derogatory
► WINE GRAPE a Roman Catholic → 1985 Sc. rhyming sl. for ‘pape’
VERBS
► KICK WITH THE LEFT FOOT to be a Catholic → 1984 UK sl.
► SNAP MACKEREL to observe the Catholic tradition of eating fish on Friday → 1968 Amer. dial.
► TAKE THE SOUP to convert from Catholicism to Protestantism → M19 sl.
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