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1. (n.) papacy
the office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope.
2. papacy
the system of Roman Catholic ecclesiastical government.
3. papacy
the period during which a certain pope is in office.
4. papacy
the succession or line of the popes.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < ML)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) papacy, pontificate
the government of the Roman Catholic Church
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1. (noun) papacy
the office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction
2. (noun) papacy
the popes, collectively; the succession of popes
3. (noun) papacy
the Roman Catholic religion; -- commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense
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Sense: the position or power of the pope
The papacy is the central authority of the Roman Catholic church.
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 Afrikaans: pousdom |
 Arabic: منصِب البابا |
 Bulgarian: папство |
 Brazilian: papado |
 Czech: papežství |
 German: das päpstliche Amt |
 Danish: pavedømme |
 Greek: αξίωμα του πάπα |
 Spanish: papado, pontificado |
 Estonian: paavstlus |
 Farsi: مقام پاپ اعظم |
 Finnish: paavius |
 French: papauté |
 Hebrew: אַפִיפיוֹרוּת |
 Hindi: पोप का पद, परमर्ध्माध्यक् |
 Croatian: papinstvo |
 Hungarian: pápaság |
 Indonesian: kedudukan paus |
 Icelandic: páfadómur |
 Italian: papato |
 Japanese: 教皇権 |
 Korean: 교황의 지위(직) |
 Lithuanian: popiežiaus valdžia, ponti |
 Latvian: pāvesta vara |
 Malay: paus |
 Dutch: pausdom |
 Norwegian: pavedømme |
 Polish: papiestwo |
 Persian: مقام پاپ اعظم |
 Pashto: دپاپ مقام، دپاپ دوره |
 Portuguese: papado |
 Romanian: papalitate |
 Russian: папский престол |
 Slovak: pápežstvo |
 Slovenian: papeštvo |
 Serbian: papstvo |
 Swedish: påvedöme, påvestol |
 Thai: ตำแหน่งหรื���อำนาจของสันต |
 Turkish: papalık |
 Taiwanese: 教皇職位 |
 Ukrainian: папство |
 Urdu: پاپائيت، پوپ کا منصب |
 Vietnamese: chức giáo hoàng |
 Chinese: 教皇职位 |
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