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Papimany

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The country of the Papimans; the country subject to the Pope, or any priest-ridden country, as Spain. (Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagʹruel, iv. 45.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Panyer Stone (The)
Pap
Papa, Father
Papal Slippers (The)
Paper
Paper a House (To)
Paper King
Paper Marriages
Paper-stainer (A)
Paphian
Papimany
Papyra
Papyri
Par. (A)
Par (At)
Paracelsists
Paraclete
Paradise
Paradise Lost
Paradise Regained (in four books)
Paradise Shoots