papacy
- (countable, uncountable) The office of a pope.
- (countable, uncountable, usually) The office of a pope.
- (countable, uncountable) The period of a particular pope's reign.
- (countable, derogatory, often, uncountable) Roman Catholicism generally: synonym of popery.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpeɪ.pə.si/
Etymology
In summary
Circa 14th century, from Middle English papacie, papassie, from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from Latin pāpa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).
papato
papauté
papado
papado
pontificat
البابوية
pausschap
Pontifikat
pontificat papiestwo
pontyfikat
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