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 Definitions of papacy  [ˈpeɪ pə si]  

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Definition of 'papacy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'papacy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) papacy, pontificate
the government of the Roman Catholic Church


Definition of 'papacy' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'papacy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the position or power of the pope
The papacy is the central authority of the Roman Catholic church.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: pousdom Arabic flag Arabic: منصِب البابا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: папство
Brazilian flag Brazilian: papado Czech flag Czech: papežství German flag German: das päpstliche Amt
Danish flag Danish: pavedømme Greek flag Greek: αξίωμα του πάπα Spanish flag Spanish: papado, pontificado
Estonian flag Estonian: paavstlus Farsi flag Farsi: مقام پاپ اعظم Finnish flag Finnish: paavius
French flag French: papauté Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַפִיפיוֹרוּת Hindi flag Hindi: पोप का पद, परमर्ध्माध्यक्
Croatian flag Croatian: papinstvo Hungarian flag Hungarian: pápaság Indonesian flag Indonesian: kedudukan paus
Icelandic flag Icelandic: páfadómur Italian flag Italian: papato Japanese flag Japanese: 教皇権
Korean flag Korean: 교황의 지위(직) Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: popiežiaus valdžia, ponti Latvian flag Latvian: pāvesta vara
Malay flag Malay: paus Dutch flag Dutch: pausdom Norwegian flag Norwegian: pavedømme
Polish flag Polish: papiestwo Persian flag Persian: مقام پاپ اعظم Pashto flag Pashto: دپاپ مقام، دپاپ دوره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: papado Romanian flag Romanian: papalitate Russian flag Russian: папский престол
Slovak flag Slovak: pápežstvo Slovenian flag Slovenian: papeštvo Serbian flag Serbian: papstvo
Swedish flag Swedish: påvedöme, påvestol Thai flag Thai: ตำแหน่งหรื���อำนาจของสันต Turkish flag Turkish: papalık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 教皇職位 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: папство Urdu flag Urdu: پاپائيت، پوپ کا منصب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chức giáo hoàng Chinese flag Chinese: 教皇职位

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