purfiss

Updated: May 25, 2025

"It's a lie, sir," repeated his Eeverence; "you don't fulfil it. What is the church?" "The church is the congregation of the faithful that purfiss the true faith, and are obadient to the Pope." "And who do you pay tithes to?" "To the parson, sir." "And, you poor varmint you, is he obadient to the Pope?"

William Carleton - The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim: Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of: William Carleton, Volume Three