papacy

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The office of a pope.
2. (countable, uncountable, usually) The office of a pope.
3. (countable, uncountable) The period of a particular pope's reign.
4. (countable, derogatory, often, uncountable) Roman Catholicism generally: synonym of popery.

Synonyms

pontificate

popery

papalism

popedom

Translations

papato

papauté

papado

papado

pontificat

البابوية

papat

pausschap

pontificado

pontificat

Pontifikat

pontificato

pontificat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpeɪ.pə.si/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: papacie

In summary

Circa 14th century, from Middle English papacie, papassie, from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from Latin pāpa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).