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souperism

souperism noun: during the Irish Potato Famine, the setting up of schools by non-Roman Catholic Bible societies in which starving Catholic children were fed but were subjected to Protestant religious instruction at the same time.

Noun

souperism (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, historical) During the Irish Potato Famine, the setting up of schools by non-Roman Catholic Bible societies in which starving Catholic children were fed but were subjected to Protestant religious instruction at the same time.

Origin of souperism

From souper + -ism.

Questions about souperism

What does souperism mean?
Souperism means during the Irish Potato Famine, the setting up of schools by non-Roman Catholic Bible societies in which starving Catholic children were fed but were subjected to Protestant religious instruction at the same time.
What part of speech is souperism?
Souperism is a noun.

Words near souperism in the dictionary

  1. soupe-maigre
  2. souped
  3. souped up
  4. souped-up
  5. souper
  6. souperism
  7. soupers
  8. soupes-maigres
  9. soupfin
  10. soupfins
  11. soupful

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