Papacy Definition

pāpə-sē
papacies
noun
papacies
The rank of pope; papal office.
Webster's New World
The term of office of one or more popes.
Webster's New World
The whole succession of popes.
Webster's New World
The system of church government headed by the pope.
American Heritage
The governing of the Roman Catholic Church by the Roman pontiff, its head.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • pontificate
  • the shoes of the fisherman
  • the See of Rome
  • popedom
  • the Vatican
  • the Holy See

Other Word Forms of Papacy

Noun

Singular:
papacy
Plural:
papacies

Origin of Papacy

  • Circa 14th century, from Medieval Latin papatia, from Latin papa (“pope") + -tia (“office, rank") (English -cy).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English papacie from Medieval Latin pāpātia from Late Latin pāpa pope pope

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Papacy Sentence Examples

  • In 1815 it returned to the papacy, but was united to Italy in 1860.

  • The struggle between them has been represented as one of a patriotic archbishop resisting the encroachments of the papacy on the Church of England.

  • During his short reign Calixtus strengthened the authority of the papacy in southern Italy by military expeditions, and restored several buildings within the city of Rome.

  • On the 3rd of July 1517 he published the names of thirty-one new cardinals, a number almost unprecedented in the history of the papacy.

  • The Annales, which are in seven books, deal with the history of Bavaria in conjunction with general history from the earliest times to 1460, and the author shows a strong sympathy for the Empire in its struggle with the Papacy.

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Words Starting With

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