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Papacy

,—almost forgotten, until the soldiers of England protected the offices and dignities of the church of Rome;—until convents were permitted in this Protestant and religious country; and until the Bishopp of Rome, the defendant of St. Peter, gave his holy benediction upon the united standards of Austria, Prussia, Holland, and Spain, to curb anarchy, and re-establish despotism.

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Entry taken from A Political Dictionary, by Charles Pigott, 1795.

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Papacy