Meaning of Papacy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The office of a pope.
   countable, uncountable
2. The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
   countable, uncountable, usually
3. The period of a particular pope's reign.
   countable, uncountable
4. Roman Catholicism generally: synonym of popery.
   countable, derogatory, often, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The Vatican defends the primacy of the papacy.”

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

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