popeling

English

Alternative forms

Popeling

Etymology

From pope +‎ -ling.

Noun

popeling (plural popelings)

A petty or deputy pope.
An adherent of the pope.
- 1593, Christopher Marlowe, The Massacre at Paris:
  He takes his vantage on religion,
  To plant the Pope and popelings in the realm

References

“popeling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

peopling

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