papacy

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Noun

papacy

1. The office of the pope.

   The papacy represents the head of the Catholic Church.

2. The period of a particular pope's reign.

   The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.

3. Roman Catholicism generally.

Related terms

• papal
• papist
• pope
• popish

Translations

• French: papauté
• Italian: papato
• Portuguese: papado
• Russian: па́пство
• Spanish: papado

Translations

• Italian: pontificato
• Portuguese: papado
• Russian: па́пство
• Spanish: papado

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