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Meaning of pontificality | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The state and government of the pope; the papacy.

Examples

“Charles the fifth , emperor , who was accounted one of the Pope's best sons , yet proceeded in matter temporal towards Pope Clement with strange rigour : never regarding the pontificality , but kept him prisoner thirteen months[…]”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Pontifically Pontificals Pontificate Pontificated Pontificates Pontificating