Modifies a noun

• recusant: In the same year, John Wright and his wife, and servant Thomas Haward and his wife, were convicted as Popish recusants.

• superstition: His task was far from easy as Mary's tyranny and popish superstitions had left a dirty stain on the entire country.

• priest: The exemplary image of the popish priest of ' Crondall ' ( i.e.

• plot: Titus Oates raised the alarm of a Popish plot and many Catholics were executed.

• practice: Desdemona is condemned for a typical popish practice, in the eyes of the calvinist.

• church: Here a number of additional particulars are stated, all clearly applicable to the Popish Church.